The Plumbing Planet

Brown's first day blues.

Friday, June 29 2007

by our Politics correspondent Jack Uzi

Gordon Brown's first day as PM has been disrupted by the state Tony Blair left No. 10 Downing Street in when he left. It is believed that the outgoing PM and wife, Cherie, threw a bit of a party for Downing Street staff and didn't do any clearing up. Consequently, Mr and Mrs Brown arrived from next door to be greeted by empty pizza boxes, half-empty beer cans and drained bottles of After Shock, the Blairs' tipple of choice. Mr Brown was not invited to the party.

The former chancellor is also reported as being upset that he did not know about some rather nasty carpet stains (the result of a particularly fun-filled state visit from George Bush) that have been kept hidden by strategic positioning of Mrs Blair's enormous clothing closet, which has now been removed.

Mr Brown did have a survey done prior to moving house but it is not clear whether Mr Blair had access to this dossier nor made any changes prior to it being presented to Gordon Brown. Mr Brown was under the impression that the wardrobe made for Downing Street (or WMD) would be there upon his arrival, but despite an extensive search it was clearly not there. Mr Brown was quoted yesterday: "I'm gutted, Sarah and I will have to go to IKEA for new furniture and there is some serious housework to do. I don't know how long it will be before we can return to the business of government".

Late last night a spokesman for Mr Blair said "Brown's been clearing up after Blair for years; I don't see why today should be any different".