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Prime Minister Gordon Brown is under further pressure this weekend after disclosures that a new “official” portrait intended to be hung on the staircase at 10 Downing Street painted the dour Scotsman in a less than favourable light.
The portrait commissioned by the Cabinet Office was painted by celebrated South African artist Prudence Pennymangle Embungo during a recent heads of government meeting. Rumours circulating Westminster village suggest that Brown’s wife Sarah is less than happy to see the portrait on her way to bed upstairs in Downing Street and for the past month it has lain on top of a filing cabinet wrapped in a covering of brown paper and bubble wrap.
The portrait commissioned by the Cabinet Office was painted by celebrated South African artist Prudence Pennymangle Embungo during a recent heads of government meeting. Rumours circulating Westminster village suggest that Brown’s wife Sarah is less than happy to see the portrait on her way to bed upstairs in Downing Street and for the past month it has lain on top of a filing cabinet wrapped in a covering of brown paper and bubble wrap.
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