Gordon Brown's American tour

Gordon Brown’s first Prime Ministerial visit to the United States is working well so far. He has kept his personal distance by wearing a suit and not bringing along his wife but balanced this with a statement expressing admiration for the United States and invoking the usual Churchillian rhetoric. He is not playing to the gallery on Iraq but has come up with appealing policies on Darfur and trade and all this is winning him favourable press coverage right across the spectrum.

Ben Brogan is blogging the visit in his usual inimitable style. He has some particularly interesting thoughts on the new special relationship between Miliband and Brown.