Cherie Blair's pregnancy may have knocked Red Ken off the front pages but Chancellor Gordon Brown ea...
Cherie Blair's pregnancy may have knocked Red Ken off the front pages but Chancellor Gordon Brown easily topped that with the intriguing 'leak' that he might be considering the top job at the International Monetary Fund. Ever since Michel Camdessus, IMF incumbent for the past 13 years, announced he was quitting, the horse trading for what is one of the biggest posts in international finance has intensified. Should we care? Well, now we should. If Brown has decided he has a higher calling, leaving Tony holding the baby ahead of the next election, he has as good a chance as any of being pic...
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