Brown gushed and spent much of the time sucking up to the Americans as he spoke of that ”special relationship” between the two nations. He said: ”You now have the most pro-American European leadership in living memory – There is no old Europe, or new Europe, just your friends.’
Brown's ''special friendship''
On the war in Afghanistan where the US and UK fought ‘side by side’, Brown called the friendship between Britain and the US as ‘unbreakable’. His relentless praise was also bestowed on Barack Obama. He asked for the American people to let Obama and his government lead the country. He said of the US president: ‘now more than ever the whole world wants to work with you’. However his ‘friendship’ with Obama maybe in its early stages just yet as Obama allegedly minimized the meeting time with the British PM. Ouch!
This meeting between the British PM and the US president could only be likened to that of a pop star and her number one fan. Although all of Gordon Brown’s ‘sucking up’ may have done the trick as he received a standing ovation numerous times. His announcement that Queen was to bestow a knighthood on Edward Kennedy, the veteran Democrat senator and a friend of Brown also won around of applause.
