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Brown's Rictus Grin


Friday, May 23, 2008    Send to a friend Send to a friend
Is it just me or has Gordon Brown's smile become even creepier recently? It's become a sort of death-bed twitch; part-grimace, part-flinch... It was particularly chilling on PMQs this week... The closest I can find online is this strange effort. One leading political journalist told me that when GB was chancellor an image consultant was shipped in to work on his 'smile'. But he kept smiling in the wrong places and, eventually, she just gave up... Perhaps she should be given another shot?


Posted by James Silver - On Friday, May 23, 2008     Send to a friend Send to a friend         AddThis Social Bookmark Button


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