Sans Grâce

I knew Jonathan Ashworth at university, but I still cannot resist this:

Even out of office it seems Gordon Brown just can’t seem to get his act together at a social level. He and Sarah were said to have been happy and smiley at their first public outing to a former aide’s wedding a few weeks ago. And, indeed, there was the picture to prove it, with one wedding guest commenting: “The stress of being PM seems to have vanished.” Not, however, the stress of the bride, defeated Labour candidate for Sherwood Emilie Oldknow, and her groom Jonathan Ashworth, former deputy political secretary at Number 10. What the smiley pictures didn’t reveal was that guest-of-honour Gordon was two hours late for the Derbyshire ceremony. Instead of proceeding without him, the entire proceedings were put on hold until the tardy Browns had finished faffing around at their hotel. Other weddings were backed up in the queue and guests arriving for the evening event at plush Breadsall Priory country estate found that the wedding banquet had still not finished. The coup de grâce came when the Browns decided to leave early.