MELT DOWN
Speaking of Gordon Brown, there’s got to come a point when you have to feel a bit sorry for the man. Not only has Opposition leader David Cameron put him to shame with a ruthless response to the MPs expenses scandal, but even puddings named after him are proving unpopular in the extreme.
Searcys 40/30, the City restaurant at the top of the Gherkin, recently launched three “politico puds” (their words, not mine): a chocolate melting middle sponge named after Brown, a hazelnut torte named after communities secretary Hazel Blears and some brandied plums named after schools secretary Ed Balls. You’d have thought Brown would have come up trumps, having bagged the mother of all decadent desserts, but not so: after two weeks, just six of his puds had been sold compared to Blears’ 34 and Balls’ 67.
It never rains but it pours, as they say.