Here's something interesting.
Gordon Brown and his friends are trying to present him as the economic saviour of the world, the man to whom other world leaders are turning in their hour of need.
Yet I've been reading a fascinating article in the Washington Post about the G20 meeting. Fascinating not because of what is in the article, but because of what isn't. As one might expect, the countries in attendance and their world leaders are mentioned in the piece, but there is one very notable exception: Gordon Brown. The article runs to 2 pages, yet the man who claims to be running the show and leading by example isn't mentioned once when practically everyone else is.
Perhaps the G20 meeting isn't the Gordon Brown show after all. Perhaps other leaders are not so keen to take advice from a man who is dealing with a much bigger debt burden than any comparable economy. Maybe the narrative in this country's media is a little out-of-touch with reality and is due a correction - rather like the economy, some might say.
The article, for anyone who might be interested, is here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/15/AR2008111500902.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2008111500904&s_pos=
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