News reports are coming to the Towers about how the UK's Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has just done a surprise appearance on American Idol, as part of a fundraising special. We haven't discovered if he was doing a rendition of Whitney Houston's 'It's Not Right - But It's Okay' yet. But ol' grizzly guts seems to be off on a jolly....

More news as we find it.

Update: It seems it was only a bit of VT, with him talking about the UK's commitment to helping cure Mariah Carey Malaria. Bah.