Gordon Brown: First! First! First! First! First! First! First! First! First!
Yay UK! Yay us! Yay Gordon Brown! First! First! First! First! First! First! First! We’re back! We’re number one! Revel in it, bathe in it, gloat in it. Up yours, Angela Merkel! Hop off, Nicholas Sarkozy! In your face, Berlusconi! Our man gets to Obama first!
Although talks will be dominated by the recession, the two leaders are also expected to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
They’re vital, Earth-shaking issues, to be sure, that can only be resolved between two political titans. You can see why Gordon felt compelled to get on a plane and travel all that way in an undignified scramble for face to face talks with Obama.
It’s money well spent even in these times of thrift. No doubt they’ll throw off their jackets, roll up their sleeves and talk deep into the night about how they will re-fashion our broken world…
The prime minister will hold half an hour of personal talks with Mr Obama…
Ahem. Ok. Sorry, everyone. As you were. But what’s this…?
Writing in the Sunday Times, Mr Brown said the two leaders would discuss a deal “whose impact can stretch from the villages of Africa to reforming the financial institutions of London and New York”.
Maybe they communicate using mental telepathy – exchanging their massively complex and detailed ideas at the speed of thought, perhaps?
No?
Look, I’m sure something meaningful will get said and done in half an hour, you know, after the handshakes and the introductions and the small talk and the photocall. Hopefully the photographs will be nice. Obviously pictures of Gordon skyping the new president wouldn’t have looked as good on the Number 10 website or sounded as glamorous on the Downing Street Twitter feed…
Still, first, eh? First! First! First! First! First! First! First!
Update: Oh no! We’re not even going to get a proper photo opportunity. Downing Street should think about taking an official photoshopper with them on foreign junkets, just in case.
Posted on March 3rd, 2009 at 10:17am under Brown, US Politics
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I like the use of the word meaty but I think there is also due course to utilise the word stubby also.
From the Mirror link:
During the 15-minute call they also discussed the situation in Gaza and the urgent need to make Afghanistan a priority.
Still he, has been given a little prize for saving the world, so all those air-miles have not been in vain.
The award – previously granted to French president Nicolas Sarkozy and German chancellor Angela Merkel – will be presented at a ceremony in New York in September.
Why wasn’t he first? Eh, EH? What an insult.
That special relationship in full:
1) Washington tells Britain what to do
2) We do it.
3) Er…
4) Thats it!
Now, now. Clearly it isn’t just a one-way thing. David Miliband got that letter he asked for in pretty short order, didn’t he?
When are the little men in white coats going to come and take Mr. Brown to somewhere warm and safe?
Whitehouse blog has nice pics of the two deep in chat land.