Based onthe PulitzerPrize-winningnovelby WilliamKennedy, theHectorBabenco film starredStreep as HelenArcher, an alcoholiccompanion to a washed up baseballplayer, played by JackNicholson.
Even William Hague, the current Tory leader, has succumbed to the Archer charm offensive, accepting invitations to do his judo training in a basement below the penthouse.
Meanwhile Mr Cook used the example of former Tory leader William Hague being censured in 1999 for failing to declare the fact he had been using Lord Archer's gym.