It would have been hypocrisy for Brown to turn up for the wedding when he makes so little effort to turn up for his MP duties in parliament (that he's paid for from public money) and Blair probably let it be known that he couldn't come or he'd overdo his residence allowance days.
And don't see how you can call either of them cloth capped belt and braces Labourites with their priviliged upbringings and record of doing in traditional Labour in favour of the new lite brand.
I'll retreat to the hills with my tin hat on now
