Dressed in his favourite lime green trunks with red tassels and smelling vaguely of heat rub, Chancellor Gordon Brown opened a sports hall in Essex on Thursday before spending half an hour demonstrating his range of punches on the heavy bag. The event was the latest high profile engagement for the Chancellor who is seen as the favourite to succeed Tony Blair to the Light Heavyweight Belt. Refusing to answer questions, Mr. Brown finished with a light sparring session with a group of refugees before chasing a chicken around a courtyard and then running five miles chased by children before sprinting up some steps and starting to scream wildly as he waved his arms in the air. Critics in the Tory party suggested that Mr. Brown’s grip on reality is getting increasingly rocky.

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