Quote of the day

I don't know about you, but I find it rather demeaning for a British Prime Minister to deploy such gushing terms (here):

Mr. Brown opened up with praise for his host: “The world owes President George Bush a huge debt of gratitude for leading the world in our determination to root out terrorism.”

Do we really owe Mr President a huge debt of gratitude? Does Mr Brown truly believe what he has said? Is it worse to be fawningly cynical or hopelessly naive?