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Childcare arrangements of the rich and famous seem the latest hot topic for broadsheet columnists. In the Daily Telegraph, Cassandra Jardine said former home secretary David Blunkett was 'not alone in falling foul of the nanny as nemesis' and listed 11 cases of nannies who have been 'tempted to gossip' about the lives of their wealthy employers. In The Guardian, Helen Powell criticised the portrayal of new education secretary Ruth Kelly as a 'supermum' and attributed her success to great childcare. 'She's no more a supermum than Tony Blair is a superdad... other people look after his kids.' The Independent said that Labour 'doesn't miss a trick' when wooing voters. Chancellor Gordon Brown told MPs to promote the Child Trust Fund by presenting the first baby born in their constituency after the Fund comes into effect with House of Commons champagne. The paper quoted a backbencher as grumbling, 'I can think of cheaper ways to buy votes - the flipping babies aren't able to vote for another 18 years.'

The Independent said that Labour 'doesn't miss a trick' when wooing voters. Chancellor Gordon Brown told MPs to promote the Child Trust Fund by presenting the first baby born in their constituency after the Fund comes into effect with House of Commons champagne. The paper quoted a backbencher as grumbling, 'I can think of cheaper ways to buy votes - the flipping babies aren't able to vote for another 18 years.'

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