Prime Minister Gordon Brown has broken with British convention and asserted that he favors Barack Obama as the next U.S. President. Brown lavishes praise on the Illinois senator and his plans to get the country out of its current housing slump in an article he wrote himself for The Monitor magazine.
"Around the world, it is progressive politicians who are grappling with these challenges...In the electrifying U.S. Presidential campaign, it is the Democrats who are generating the ideas to help people through more difficult times," said Brown. "To help prevent people from losing their home, Barack Obama has proposed a Foreclosure Prevention Fund to increase emergency pre-foreclosure counseling, and help families facing repossesion."
Why is it that the Brit Prime Minister is concerning himself in American politics? Well, he's addressing the fears people around the globe have with the current economic slowdown, and there is no doubt that America plays a role in it.
Should he have been a neutral bystander or does it really not matter? It's not everyday those Brits break with convention.
[Source: waugh.standard.co.uk]
