When Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, addressed Congress last month, he surprisingly flattered America a great deal: “America’s faith in the future has been, is, and always will be, an inspiration to me, and to the whole world.” He referred to Washington D.C. as “a shining city upon the hill lighting up the whole of the world” and President Obama as offering “the whole world renewed hope in itself.”
“I want to thank you on behalf of the British people …” He goes on like this for 15 minutes.