Brown on Jackson

Another celebrity death, another chance for Gordon Brown to show his razor sharp focus on the economy by issuing a statement about that death. Jumping on the bandwagon, some might say. But it has to be said that this is a particularly moving statement, ripe with emotional intelligence and deep sympathy:

"This is very sad news for the millions of Michael Jackson fans in Britain and around the world," a spokesman said.

How very true. To the point of almost stating the bleedin' obvious. Still, Jackson fans throughout the world must be taking great comfort from the fact that, in their hour of need, a broken, old and horrifically unpopular Prime Minister on his way out of power stands with them. Or at least acknowledges that the fans have recently had "very sad news."