Picture Gallery: Cherie's kisses

It started with a kiss for health secretary Alan Milburn, but escalated as Cherie Blair found herself puckering up to kiss most of the Cabinet as she took her seat at the Labour Party conference to hear her husband's keynote speech:

Here are a selection from the eleven embraces on the platform:

Cherie Blair did not know she was in for a kissing frenzy

Alan Milburn puckers up for Cherie

Estelle gets a smacker as Gordon Brown waits his turn

Neighbour Gordon Brown gets a double peck

Clare Short gets ready for a hug

Geoff Hoon doesn't want to be missed out

I've started so I'll finish - John Reid gets a kiss

Last but not least, a kiss for a former Labour leader

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