A Flattering Portrait of Gordon Brown

Yes, that's right, Gordon Brown is going to get one of the best compliments any politician can get. His predecessor might have featured on The Simpsons, but Gordon is going to get the privilige of being on South Park. And it sounds like it is going to be a great episode, if a little bit too realistic given the agreements at the recent G20 meeting:

In the episode to be aired later this year, Mr Brown becomes part of an international plot to steal money from aliens in a bid to solve the global recession.

He and other world leaders agree to claim the "space cash" found on a fugitive spaceship.

However, the Prime Minister orders a nuclear attack on Finland after he discovers that it plans to tip off intergalactic police about the ploy.

Not quite sure why the makers of South Park feel the need to throw Gordo into the mix though; after all they already have a fat misanthrope on their cast in the form of Eric Cartman. Although, in fairness, Cartman is more eloquent, intelligent, emotionally mature and stable that Brown...