July 8, 2008 By Robert Amsterdam

Gordon Brown Tripped Up by Leaks

gordonbrown070808.gifWho is out to get Gordon Brown? Or perhaps more aptly, who isn’t? The beleaguered British Prime Minister probably couldn’t have had a more frustratingly empty first meeting with new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of the G8 in Japan, and many are pointing to the ill-timed media leaks which have succeeded in aggravating the Russians. Despite promising “very frank” talks with Medvedev on a number of critical issues ranging from TNK-BP to the British Council to the Lugovoi extradition, Brown seemed to go into the meeting lacking any kind of carrots or soft power, encountered by an uncharacteristically disinterested Medvedev.