Was Brown the saviour of the world?

I have just caught up with Andrew Rawnsley's documentary on Gordon Brown that was on Channel 4 on Monday night.

The one thing that struck me is that together with his Chancellor he probably did rescue the global economic system in the week after the collapse of Lehman Bros.

We were extremely close to the point where the cash machines were simply going to stop working.

Unfortunately for Brown he will not be remembered for that instead for a series of duff announcements and the man who failed to repair the roof whilst the sun was shining.

If you wanted proof of the man who saved the world,Stephen Foley over at Independent minds reports the opening remarks of the House overseeing committee.

I believe that committed people of good intentions, in both the private sector and the government, worked desperately hard in late 2008 to prevent a collapse of the global financial system that would have resonated throughout the global economy. Even six months later, it is easy to forget just how close to the brink our system came. I will never forget, and I believe those efforts will be well remembered long after any current controversy is forgotten.