Cabbage.

Why isn't Mr Smith surprised by this revelation?

If a vegetable best sums up the political profile of Prime Minister Gordon Brown then Mr Smith would have been willing to suggest the humble cabbage. Why do Mr Brown's spin doctors let the PM make such rudimentary slip ups in associating himself which such trivia, even if it is for a good cause?

"IT'S a recession, eat cabbage. Gordon Brown has proposed his latest remedy to Britain's deepening recession. The Prime Minister is among a number of politicians who have named their favourite recipes for a fundraising book in aid of the Donaldson's school for the deaf in Edinburgh. Asked to nominate his own favourite dish, Brown lived up to his Presbyterian image by plumping for Rumbledethumps – a gloopy mixture of mashed potato and cabbage."