By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982
In a fascinating interview with the Guardian today, Gordon Brown speaks about his family, his future and the crisis that nearly toppled him from Number 10 this month. It’s an incredibly revealing discussion with Katharine Viner, and the PM seems relaxed but humbled and focussed:
“To be honest, you could walk away from all of this tomorrow. I’m not interested in what accompanies being in power. It wouldn’t worry me if I never returned to any of those places – Downing Street, Chequers. That would not worry me at all. And it would probably be good for my children.”
At one point, Brown’s two year old son Fraser bounds on to the scene and talks about Power Rangers and the pond in the garden of Number 10 (which is for fish, not swimming!). It’s one of the most personal, frank and revealing interviews I’ve seen with Brown, filled with contrition, honesty and even regret. Speaking of Hazel Blears’ reisgnation, for example, he says:
“It was sad. At some point I think Hazel should come back to government.”
“…It’s a strange life, really.”
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