Darling! Mrs Brown will never be as breezy as Mrs Blair

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September 28, 2005

The Times

Darling! Mrs Brown will never be as breezy as Mrs Blair
By Helen Rumbelow, Political Correspondent




ALTHOUGH Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have promised the nation a smooth transition, Sarah Brown seems to have taken Cherie Blair as a study in what not to do.

Most commentators used the Labour Party conference to eke out subtle differences between the Chancellor and the Prime Minister, but few noticed quite how far Mrs Blair and her First Lady-in-waiting have grown apart. Take the chance remark made by Mrs Blair yesterday morning: both its style and substance are abhorrent to Mrs Brown. Mrs Blair was conducting her own tour of the stands around the conference hall — a role she relishes each year, mugging in a variety of novelty poses for the sake of the cameras. Pinned on her lapel was a badge stating, “I love TB”.

One photographer chanced a question: “Will you miss the life of the First Lady?”

“Darling, that is a long way in the future,” Mrs Blair replied with the breeziness of a true diva. “It is too far ahead for me to even think about.”
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