Behind every great Minister ..
Let’s forget for the moment that Prime Minister Gordon Brown, during his decade as Chancellor of the Exchequer, presided over the deregulation of the financial markets that has now cost us all so dear.
In the last couple of weeks, he and the current Chancellor Alistair Darling have put together an impressive rescue package that exhibits both boldness and pragmatism. The key elements are now being replicated throughout Europe and the United States.
Brown and Darling have worked extremely hard and shown coolness and decisiveness. But I know, from my four years in two Whitehall Departments as a Special Adviser, that this package could not have been put together and implemented without the expertise and skill of many officials who so far are publicly unsung.
In the next few weeks, we may learn the names of some of them. We owe them our appreciation and gratitude.