MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...

In the strict old times any other British prime minister, upon returning to London, would have sacked half of his staff and the whole Foreign Office. Only secret enemies could have timed the visit and scheduled the "most important trip" as they had. However, dislike of Gordon Brown at home has reached catastrophic proportions, so talk about secret enemies is irrelevant. Between 60 and 68% of all Brits mistrust their prime minister, according to various polls.

No English premier has ever faced such a groundswell of disapproval. Even Neville Chamberlain, notorious for the Munich Agreement before the Second World War, never plunged so low. Of course, one can pity Brown, but then it is not uncommon for British prime ministers to see their approval rating drop suddenly to such depths that their every step draws gleeful laughter even from their own press. Today Brown is blamed for growing prices, taxes, housing rents and unemployment. He is even blamed for things he had nothing to

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