Our Roundhead Prime Minister has become an unexpected convert to Chequers. No wonder, given the hard political realities The day that Gordon Brown became leader, the headlines made it clear. “Gordon will become the first Prime Minister in 80 years not to use Chequers.” His aides explained that Mr Brown would be mothballing the 16th- century retreat. Why would a Presbyterian Scot want an English stately home with butlers and cooks, floral valances, four-poster beds and Wedgwood china? John Prescott may have fallen for croquet at Dorneywood but the Roundhead Prime Minister would never succumb to such fripperies as swimming pools and tennis courts. But despite the Browns' insistence that they would never want a country pile, they have become obsessed by their new home. Where once Sarah could be seen on Friday mornings queueing...
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