Man in the News: Gordon Brown (at FT.com)

Stock markets crumble and banks are brought to their knees, but as confidence leaches from the financial markets the crisis appears to be having a galvanising effect on at least one person: Gordon Brown. The British prime minister's poll ratings in recent weeks have risen almost as sharply as the FTSE 100 has fallen, halving the lead of the opposition Conservatives. The greater the anguish on the faces in City... [read full story]