Gordon Brown surprise appearance at TEDGlobal 2009

I think his speech was interesting, but it is my impression that the UK has much of the same structural problems as USA, but without a strong leader as Obama. This is "talk without action". Anyway it is interesting that he at least has figured out something relevant to talk about, like this:

He said that older institutions founded after the Second World War, such as the United Nations or the International Monetary Fund, were now "out of date".

"You can't deal with environmental problems through the existing institutions," he told the conference.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8161650.stm