Brody's Notes... British PM's Wife Appears At The Duckie Event In London

Sarah Brown (Left) Appears At Duckie Event   Photo By pinknews.uk

By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) May 3 | In what British political observer's are calling a campaign appearance courting the liberal LGBT vote prior to the general election Thursday in Britain, Sarah Brown, the wife of the prime minister Gordon Brown made a surprise guest appearance at the 'Duckie,' a Gay & Lesbian themed club night Saturday night. The Duckie event, which is held at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern is considered one of the main societal-arty LGBT club nights in South London, hosted this year by Lesbian comedian Amy Lame.

According to the pinknews.co.uk:

She and the Labour Party have made particular effort to appeal to the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) community. Last July, she took part in the London gay pride march, after her husband hosted an intimate reception at 10 Downing Street.

She was there officially there to mark 13 years to the day that New Labour won the 1997 general election and began the journey that would eventually lead to an equal age of consent and gays serving in the military (although both were also partly forced on the UK by the European Convention on Human Rights). Labour also introduced the civil partnership acts that afforded gay couples the same legal rights as married couples (save for the word marriage, the right to marry in a religious institution and some aspects of dissolution).

She drew the winning ticket for a raffle, which incidentally was a pink "number 10″!

[Mrs. Brown also tweeted prior her appearance at the event.]

Current polling in the UK shows Prime Minister Brown's party trailing third in the results and according to considered expert opinions by British political observers, is more than likely to lose on Thursday.