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The first wave of reinforcements brought back Peter Mandelson and Alistair Campbell to help the Prime Minister address the global financial emergency. Today Gordon Brown whistled up the ghosts of Picasso, Titian, Adam Smith, Field Marshall Montgomery and Uncle Bill of Burma to launch his counter-attack. He used a surprise appearance at the The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival to press home his conviction that his years of experience make him the only man to lead the country out of the current crisis. The ageing Picasso, he recalled, once responded to a suggestion that his 45-second doodle was worth a fortune by saying “it didn’t take me 45 seconds, it took me 82 years”. Four hundred years earlier Titian completed his final masterpiece and said: “I am finally beginning to learn how to paint,” he added. Mr Brown too... [read full story]
