British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sparked uproar in the House of Commons on Wednesday by claiming to have "saved the world" in a slip of the tongue seized on with glee by the opposition. Brown -- who has rejected humourous comparisons with cartoon superhero Flash Gordon -- was replying to taunts on his handling of the economic crisis from Conservative leader David ...

Prime Minister Gordon Brown sparked uproar in the House of Commons on Wednesday by claiming to have "saved the world", in a slip of the tongue seized on with glee by the opposition. Brown -- who has rejected humourous comparisons with cartoon superhero Flash Gordon -- was replying to taunts on his handling of the economic crisis from Conservative leader David Cameron ...

Once dismissed as Britain's ditherer-in-chief, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has taken decisive action to rescue the nation's banks, charting the way for bailout packages in the U.S. and the European Union. If the coordinated push to save the global economy works, history may look ...

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has won praise at home and abroad for taking a lead in tackling the global financial crisis, reversing his image from doomed ditherer to would-be saviour in weeks. Commentators including the new Nobel economics laureate say Brown has become "decisive" and "courageous" in putting together a rescue package for leading high street banks that has, at ...