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Published 11/03/2009 by Telegraph

Poor Gordon Brown is just so hard up

By David Hughes 5 Comments The heart bleeds. Gordon Brown tells GQ magazine that he has ?very little money? because ?it?s very expensive being prime minister?. Now, being prime minister may be lots of things, but expensive isn?tÂ one of them. In addition to the Â£194,250 salary...

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