Friday 15th June 2007

Gordon Brown will have little to celebrate this Father’s Day. He’s come bottom in a poll to find the UK’s best dressed celebrity dad.

Our PM in waiting scored a miserable 0.3% of votes cast, in the Fathers Day poll run by the UK’s leading online tie retailer TieWarehouse.co.uk.

Tony Blair comfortably beat Gordon, landing in 5th place.

David Beckham won the title for the second year running, after getting nearly 39% of votes cast

Tie Warehouse’s Gary Baker said Gordon may need to address this image problem if he is going to win the hearts of voters.

He said: “Whatever you think of his politics, it’s clear the public don't consider him a snappy dresser!

“Although he didn’t win our poll, we’re going to send him some of our most stylish ties and accessories so he can spice up his image. He’s going to be the PM, so we may as well help him try to look the part.”

The full results are:

• David Beckham 38.8%
• Stephen Gerrard 32.6%
• GMTV’s Ben Shephard 6.2%
• Jude Law 6.2%
• Tony Blair 4.2%
• Clive Owen 3.7%
• Gordon Ramsey 2.8%
• Peter Andre 2.5%
• Jonathan Ross 2.5%
• Gordon Brown 0.3%

Gary added: “We’ll see how well Gordon has changed his image in next year’s poll. Hopefully he will have managed to drag himself off the bottom slot!”

You can see the final results at http://www.tiewarehouse.co.uk/poll

ENDS

NOTES TO EDITORS
• A Tie Warehouse spokesman is available for interview. Call 08452 303049. Or email press@publicityheaven.com
• Tie Warehouse is an online retailer of men’s ties and related accessories. The Kent-based company was founded in early 2004 and currently stocks over 1500 different ties, bow ties and cravats for men and boys. In addition to a wide range of fashion ties, Tie Warehouse specialises in hard-to-find items like clip-on ties and children’s ties.
• Full press resources including images, logos and screenshots, are available online at www.tiewarehouse.co.uk/press