I meant to add a note about where Gordon Brown went on his holidays to the previous post on the malign influence of David Freud on government policy but forgot.
On the face of it Gordo’s hols look like real man-of-the-people stuff – he’s staying in Southwold in Suffolk – but look again:
But although Southwold appears to be a frugal break compared to Tony Blair’s trips to Sir Cliff Richard’s pad in Barbados and Robin Gibb’s Florida mansion, the town is about as trendy and upmarket as British seaside resorts get.
A four-bedroom “cottage” on the High Street is on the market for £900,000 and even the candy-coloured beach huts can set you back more than £30,000. With half the town peopled by outsiders – including many from London’s literary and artistic set – it’s known as Hampstead-on-Sea.
Try affording that on Incapacity Benefit.
More importantly Southwold’s full of Freuds and their friends and family.Southwold is no ordinary seaside town, it’s almost a Freud company town.
Gordo is staying ‘with friends’, apparently. I wonder what their name is?
