Brown flys out of trouble

On the day that unemployment reaches a new high, Brown flys to Iraq to confirm what has already been announced. He could have made done this another day but choose this one. Of course the two are connected. He also avoids the difficult questions at PMQ's.

Possibly, this is his new way of disappearing in times of trouble, as the economic "solutions" that he instilled on the world show signs of not working. Interesting, is it not, is the number of trips he has made over the last week, trying to show he is a world statesman. This from the man that spends all his waking hours worrying about the recession.

The real worry for him is the election and when to have it.

Does anything else matter to him?