Steve Richards sets out Brown’s three-step strategy for the coming weeks in his Independent column:
‘The first is to link the G20 decisions to those that are made in Britain. Instead of suggesting that he is moving on to British politics as if it was a separate entity, he will seek to show that there is a direct connection. The attempt began yesterday with the meeting between Brown, Alistair Darling and senior figures from the Financial Services Authority to begin implementing some of the regulatory changes in Britain agreed by world leaders last week.
Next, Brown knows that he needs to find a language that makes more sense of a crisis that is complex and distant as well as frighteningly immediate. He seeks also to inject a moral dimension into the debate, but worries about getting the pitch right, not wanting to convey a message that in effect suggests the poor should give up bothering about materialism.
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