Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown snubbed by royal wedding


Senior Labour figures have criticised the decision not to invite Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to the royal wedding.
Gordon Brown and Tony Blair
St James's Palace said they were not invited - while their Conservative predecessors Sir John Major and Baroness Thatcher were - because they are not Knights of the Garter.
But Labour MPs said the decision "looks partisan" and accused Downing Street of having a hand in their omission.
A spokesman for Number 10 said the guest list was a matter for the palace.
A spokesman for The Signaller said, Perhaps you have to be pro UK to get in?


original story here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13211696 

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