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Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair revealed yesterday that he had worn the same pair of shoes to every question-and-answer session in parliament since he became the country's leader 10 years ago.
"I know it's ridiculous, but I've worn them for every PMQs (Prime Minister's Questions)," he told the Times.
Blair said he believed cheap shoes were a false economy, adding that he had owned the handmade leather shoes for 18 years and they had only been resoled once.
The lucky pair of Chetwynd brogues were made by Church's in Northampton, central England.
A spokesperson for the 134-year-old company said the shoes would have cost Blair approximately 150 pounds ($391) when he bought them. They now retail at about 290 pounds.
Blair told the Times he believed he had never had three bad Prime Minister's Questions in a row, a record he put down - in part - to his lucky shoes.
He is due to officially resign as prime minister on Wednesday but will appear at Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons for one final time, most likely wearing his lucky brogues.
- NZ HERALD STAFF
