Gordon Brown’s wife has given a unique perspective of life as the “significant other” of the Prime Minister as she wished Theresa May’s husband well at 10 Downing Street.
Sarah Brown tweeted: “Wishing Philip May well in his new role – a constant feeling of being one step away from unwitting error but a huge privilege all the same.”
Fife-based Mrs Brown was at her husband’s side throughout his three-year spell as Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010.
Sarah Brown is a global campaigner for health and education and is the the Founder and President of the children’s charity Theirworld and Executive Chair of the Global Business Coalition for Education.
Wishing Philip May well in his new role – a constant feeling of being one step away from unwitting error but a huge privilege all the same
— Sarah Brown (@SarahBrownUK) July 14, 2016
In the book she wrote after leaving Downing Street, Behind the Black Door, she wrote of the struggle of being WPM — wife of the Prime Minister, the abbreviation used to describe her on documents.
She said: “Before I started at No10, I was advised that there is no guidebook for what to do — only a big rule book of what not to do.
“There is no formal spouse job to step into, no permanent office, no salary, no allowance, no preset duties or official role, not even an official title.”
