Did Obama snub Gordon Brown?

[Maeglin]

@mswas

Yeah it’s funny Brown’s gift was far more offensive. A Seven Volume Biography of Churchill.

You just can’t please some people.

It would certainly cut a dash in Kirkcaldy.

Gordon Brown, whose tentative forays out of a suit have so far been limited to knitwear and chinos, now has a daring addition to his wardrobe.

In what some may see as a subtle form of revenge, President Bush presented Mr Brown with a fur-trimmed bomber jacket during his visit to Camp David at the weekend.

The item is garish, camp and seems deliberately unlikely to appeal to the new Prime Minister’s more austere aesthetic.

Its shiny waterproof finish is emblazoned with the Presidential logo and “Camp David” tag on one side and a name badge stitched crudely on the other. Jarringly, this gives his formal Privy Council title, “The Rt Hon Gordon Brown”.

I guess “it’s the thought that counts” doesn’t cut it for Gordon Brown.

[Love_Rhombus]

I liked the soundbite I heard about the DVD’s “We have movies in Britain. We’ve seen these before. We don’t really need to see then again.” I agree about the financial appearance of the gifts, though. And the toy helicopters were just silly.

[mswas]

@Love_Rhombus

I liked the soundbite I heard about the DVD’s “We have movies in Britain. We’ve seen these before. We don’t really need to see then again.” I agree about the financial appearance of the gifts, though. And the toy helicopters were just silly.

Though not nearly as insulting as the set of biographies of Winston Churchill. Maybe Obama knew that Brown was going to pull some shit about Churchill.