As Brown pushes the government’s overdraft to the point of absolute national penury it is relevant to note that he has been bouncing cheques for decades.  His landlord from his student days told the Telegraph, that when it bounced Brown claimed he must have used the wrong cheque book.

The interest on the national debt is some £1 billion a week…

UPDATE : The cheque is for sale on eBay! The bid is past a grand already.