Curious Snippets

The Scottish idiot knows no bounds...

He may be under pressure over his own future, but Gordon Brown leapt to the defence of Britain's Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle today.

Speaking on GMTV, Brown hinted that while his kids preferred Diversity, he had backed Boyle in the final.

But most noteworthy of all, the Prime Minister revealed that he had rung Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan personally last night to check if Ms Boyle was OK following her defeat. "I hope Susan Boyle is OK, because she is a really, really nice person," he said.

Was this the act of a man genuinely worried about the mental health and welfare of a fellow Scot? Or was it a cynical attempt to show he's in touch with the zeitgeist?  Either way, given that Boyle is huge in America and is sure to sell records there, his words are bound to be big news in the States.

I think he just can't resist trying to micro-manage our lives and felt he had to personally intervene to ensure her welfare. The question is, when will Brown be sent to the Priory for his mental issues?