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Ben Bradshaw: slave to the rhythm?

Ben Bradshaw and Gordon Brown
Ben Bradshaw: will he bring Gordon next time? Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

The culture minister, Ben Bradshaw, has a funky side. After a hard week's mulling over Digital Britain, what better than to unwind at the Latitude festival in Suffolk? Bradshaw was seen throwing shapes at the corner of the stage during Grace Jones's performance at the festival. "He loved it!" the organiser, Melvin Benn, tells the Independent's Pandora column. "To my knowledge he's the first culture secretary we've ever had. He can come back any time – I don't think it would be Gordon's cup of tea but he could bring the Milibands. They need to let their hair down. They would love a festival. They should come with George Bush masks on and pretend they're not there."

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