For a politician who has spent decades at the forefront of policy decisions

For a politician who has spent decades at the forefront of policy decisions, Brown has been

surprisingly tight-lipped about exactly where he stands on many issues, particularly those involving

foreign affairs.

Though publicly he’s echoed Blair and Reid in their call for 90 day detentions, and touted his

generous funding of the NIKE SHOX on terror, there has been some speculation that he is increasingly

annoyed at the havoc the high cost of NIKE SHOXs is playing on his budget, and some have insinuated

that this was a none-too-subtle attempt to convince those responsible for appointing a new Labour Party

leader that his Premiership would not be a radical change.

One interesting rhetorical difference between Brown and Reid can be found in their domestic anti-terror

policy, however. While last month Reid caused a minor stir in his insistence that freedoms would have

to be curbed in the name of defeating terror. Brown, in an interview with the BBC last May, insisted

that “you can have security without interfering in a deleterious way with people’s civil liberties”.

What that means in actual policy differences is anyone’s guess, though it’s a good bet that Brown

will be less eager to ditch Britain’s international human rights obligations.