and amazed that this thread still has life in it.
I asked the op as a wry comment on the way of the world these days. Of course it immediately took its own turn as the ways of MN goes.
Seeing some of the shrill responses it provoked, I am guilty of stoking the MN overreaction that afternoon. So my 'unhinged' remarks were comments to the silly deductions on what some posters were screaming about rather than any comment on the Camerons.
I have no opinion on SamCam though she is undoubtedly a great mum. In fact I didn't even know how many children she had so when some poster said 4, I thought that was 4 living ones and Ivan. But the insinuations of how nasty and unhinged I was had taken on a life of its own, so what was the point? I inadvertently gave MN something unfortunate to bond over.
For example, I said I cared how Flo is being fed. But I missed out that I also do care very much how every baby in the UK is fed on a whole population basis. I don't care one jot on how any individual baby is fed, including FloRo, as long as it isn't watered down or contaminated formula, coke, tea, or frootshoots.
But the schoolgirl gang had found their whipping boy so I let them have it.
I think it is massively naive to ignore that these photos were planned by the Government's PR people. And the baby feeding one was not thought through properly. When they discussed (as I have gleaned from this thread) that Flo is mix fed, they obviously thought that was the best answer to give to the question. Whether it was true or false is not relevant. What is relevant is that they would have screened the questions first and decided which ones were fit to answer and which ones not to answer and how to answer them.
For a geek like me, this is a hugely political photograph. Mix feeding undermines the NHS's and WHO's recommendations and he is a hugely influential figure. While it may not matter to us how his baby is fed. His public image of feeding matters to everyone and it is a hugely political topic. The politically astute thing, if mix feeding is the truth in his baby's case, is not to answer the question. Like they will have of other questions in the past and in the future, they should have ditched this question. And it is none of our business, anyway as so many have rightly pointed out. And no one would have questioned why they had not commented on the baby's feeding method. But putting it in the public sphere when you are a politician was clearly a choice and invites comment if we still live in a democracy.
They may not know, as parents, that this is a political subject, but the people they pay to interface with the media ought to. And their ignorance ought to be cleared up for the Cameron's benefit and the other babies in the UK. Because Mr Cameron and his cabinet ministers will be called upon to make decisions on many levels which will influence what and how the babies of this country will be fed.
BUT: to answer it and then to put a bottle feeding (note, I did not say formula feeding) image in the press invites me and other geeks like myself to comment on it. They and you may not like what I have said but that is how free press and the quirks of human nature work together.
And what is your role in this 400+ thread? you fed it.
As Porto said, maybe no one ought to feel sorry for the Camerons or Flo as they and she and her siblings are especially privileged. My comment about 'if my dh had the money that DC had...' was about what I would do with it, not a comment on how Sam is living or should live with it. That is none of my business. But once more, the shrillness was amazing. It spoke more about the posters than it did about me as I was talking about me, not comparing myself to a woman I know virtually nothing about. I do believe that three million could make misery a whole lot more comfortable. 
I find it sad on a feminist level that so much 'poor Sam' was reflected upon. Speculation that maybe she has pnd, maybe she is not coping with all the upheaval in her life, maybe she had little choice in the taking and publishing of these photos were, could be patronizing to the real woman who she may actually be. While any or all of these may be true, maybe, just maybe too, she is a strong woman who has weathered a lot of turbulence and upheaval in her life and maybe just maybe not everyday but most days things are a lot better than a lot worse than it could be.
The political history of the UK has a lot of very intelligent, astute, assertive, charming, driven prime ministers' wives. Likewise, world history has quite a few notable ones who were as driven, if not more so than their husbands. Why can't some of us also give Sam the benefit of the doubt that she is one of them, even now with all the recent difficulties, and advantages, in her life right now. These photos and interview charm offensive may have her complete backing.
I don't agree with them (the Cameron's and their press people) sticking their family in the papers and press but it is their prerogative to do so and should not be much surprise if it isn't to everyone's acceptance and someone, as tactless as I can be sometimes, will comment on it.
The funniest comment for me was maybe Sam didn't want to get her baps out in front of the press. Erm, later I saw at the bottom of one of the photos that these photos were taken by the family's private photographer. And what is wrong with getting your baps out and showing the world how baby FloRo is mostly fed rather than occasionally fed. Plus the last time I looked there are feeding bras and feeding tops and most times babies just look like they are getting a cuddle anyway. Lets just perpetuate the myth on here that breastfeeding necessitates 'getting your baps out'. A lovely family photograph of mum, dad and baby not necessarily feeding at the time, would have made me go 'ahhh'.
But we got the politically expedient image of Dave being one of the like he has never been instead.
I expect that what I have said will by read hypercritically by lot of you all out there for many different reasons. I am busy to listen much and few MNers know enough about me to comment on my intentions and motivations, so as it is a free press, write as you see fit. that is primarily why I remain a MNer.