Brown, Blair, Labour Conference, Anti-war protests

Union banners on the march (Pic: Guy Smallman)

Cherie Blair denies calling Brown a liar, but damage is done

The fragile truce between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown was shattered when Cherie Blair appeared to brand the Chancellor a liar.

A carefully crafted speech by Mr Brown to the Labour conference, designed to draw a line under recent tensions between him and the Prime Minister, was overshadowed by Mrs Blair's attack as she watched the speech on a television monitor just outside the main hall.

Carolin Lotter, a TV producer with the American news agency Bloomberg, said she heard the Prime Minister's wife say "Well, that's a lie" after Mr Brown told delegates: "It has been a privilege for me to work with and for the most successful ever Labour leader and Prime Minister."

Downing Street dismissed the story as "totally untrue" while Mrs Blair told reporters: "Honestly, guys, I hate to spoil your story, but I didn't say it and I don't believe it either."

Blair and Brown seem to think the British public is stupid and can be fooled that they are 'best friends', everyone else knows they dislike each other yet they seem to be doing their very best to cover it up.

While NuLab patted each other on the back, outside protests were going on:

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Manchester 'Time to Go' Demo - Reports and Photos *UPDATED*

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Reports and video of Manchester Time to Go demonstration, 23 September 2006