You're supposed to put your BEST foot forward, Sarah: The Prime Minister's wife exposes her rather unsightly toes during a visit to Temple

By Daily Mail Reporter

No mean feet: Sarah Brown at the Neasden Hindu Temple


She was probably told to keep everything crossed before her husband's election campaign kicked into gear, but Sarah Brown looks to have taken that advice a little too literally.

The wife of Labour leader Gordon Brown should have been putting her best foot forward when she visited a temple in north-west London today.

Instead she unveiled a rather unsightly problem on her left foot - her little toe and fourth toe crossed over one another.

She has been placed in direct competition with David Cameron's wife Samantha, and this will do little to boost her credential's against 'SamCam'.

In fact, it's the kind of sight that will immediately put the Prime Minister's wife into second place behind the Tory leader's wife.

According to the rules of the spectacular Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, which is Europe’s first traditional Hindu temple, visitors must remove their shoes.

She would have been well aware that her toes were in such a frightful condition, however, and most likely decided against a pedicure...to her detriment.

Sarah, 46, was attending a conference dubbed Celebrating Women: Past, Present and Future at the temple.

The event was the culmination of a month-long nationwide initiative, which began on International Women's Day on March 8.


This little piggy... The Prime Minister's wife exposed a rather unsightly problem with the toes at a conference dubbed Celebrating Women: Past, Present and Future


Yesterday Mrs Brown was by her husband's side as he campaigned in his hometown of Kirkcaldy in Fife, where the couple received a typically warm welcome.

It is said that they are often seen walking along the streets within the constituency, with their children, but of course at any other time of the year that is something that can do without being accused of contrived attempts to win over voters.

However, the feedback from locals was generally good.


Quite a sight: Mrs Brown vies the beautiful interior of the temple, which is Europe¿s first traditional Hindu temple


Faux pas: Could something as trivial as the PM's wife's unsightly toes affect his election campaign?


Greta McNeil, a pensioner who says she's met the PM several times, said: 'I think he's a nice man. He's not got Blair's oomph, but we don't want that.

'With him you know when you've got a cold winter you're going to get the money to turn the heating on. The Tories will take that off you. We like Gordon here.'

Meanwhile, Tory leader David Cameron set off on his campaign trail on board his new battle bus and headed for Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, where he joined Sir Ian Botham’s latest charity walk.


Home turf: Gordon Brown and his wife talk to people during an election campaign event in his home town of Kirkcaldy in eastern Scotland


And he took time out to reinforce his centrist credentials - insisting he would govern on behalf of ‘everyone in Britain’ if elected.

He said he would urge the country to ‘join together, act decisively and move forward with optimism.’

Stressing his brand of ‘One Nation’ Conservatism, Mr Cameron today said he is deliberately distancing himself from Margaret Thatcher’s harder line approaches.


Beefing up the campaign: David Cameron today joined cricket legend Ian Botham on a charity walk through the West Midlands


source: dailymail