Brown claims success from every meeting he attends but still the country is in the soup. All blow and bluster.

albert hall, hove, england

I believe the Wall Street Journel, which said a lot was talked about but nothing firm was achieved. Bascially, Brown is singing a lot of hot air again. As for the Pound, the Chamber of Commerce has also warned of the dangers of the Pound plunging due to Brown's proposed tax cuts and more borrowing

chris, woodbridge, england

He would say that anyway. They probably wrote the script before he set off for Heathrow. If he doesn't cut stamp duties and fees by 9am tomorrow we are deep in the proverbial

Sue Doughty, Twyford, UK

the g20 never agreed to browns tax cuts in washington,they all agreed to do their own thing to suit their own circumstances,and most thought browns idea of spending their way out of a recession was crazy,and brown was accused od electioneering.

thomas, wallasey, uk

Totally different write up in American papers, even when they bother to mention Gordon Brown.

gerry, exeter, england

What the world needs are the people who report to the *experts* to do THEIR work .

Jim, Sidcup,

I'm setting up a new church in which we worship this new god called "Gordon" and make sacrificial offerings of huge portions of our salaries - anyone want to join? Oops - too late. It's already been done and the news media are his disciples, telling of his miracles wherever his holy feet tread.

John Tomlinson, Brentwood, Essex

I think the idea of cutting taxes is probably the most irresponsible financial measure one can take now - it is supposed to stimulate the world economy - and restore
the speculation game - but the US and the UK should do the
exact opposite - more taxes, regulate so as to prevent recession.

Stephen Pain, Odense, Denmark

What the world needs is a global bankruptcy reorganization and a devaluation of all paper or national currencies against money or gold. Gold has been a stable unit of value for over two thousand years. Politicians and bankers have to have the courage to reinstitute a sound monetary system.

Mario, London,

Came across this quote from the NYTimes.s
This is plain-vanilla stuff they could have agreed on without holding a meeting,” said Simon Johnson, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. “What’s new, except that this is the G-20 instead of the G-7?”

rogerb, bridport, uk

Yet more verbose grandiosity from our favourite waffler. It may sound good but make no mistake. He will not have thought it out and prbably does not understand any of it himself.

William Vernon, Northampton, UK

The objective of our Leader, as always, was to get a headline. All this 'agreement' stuff had already been agreed.

john problem, Hackney Wick, UK

Not much!!!....too late!!!

k. black, bedford, uk

Spend don't lend.
G20 will have been a success only if Asian exporters and Oil producers have agreed to spend the cash pile they have built up. Lending it, will postpone but increase the problem. The imbalance and lack of demand is due to them lending not spending.

N Reed, London, UK

It is good to see my PM, Kevin Rudd, and Brown working together. Behind the scenes the old Commonwealth is working well particularly UK, AUS, CAN and NZ.

Dave, Brisbane, Australia

So Gordon is going to increase Tax Credits for low income workers :- If you've lost your job you don't get Working Tax credits. Low income work equals new immigrant labour, ok for them.
Hopefully the 'Route map' is not a satnav with a cliff face programmed in along the way.

John Davies, Preston , disintegrating UK

It was interesting to note that when the photo call was taken Gordon Brown was in a minor postion in the back row.
Doesn't this tell you something?

V. Cooper, Somerset, UK

A friend in Finance based in Monaco has 20 clients that fly in to Nice and place their millions in off-shore accounts. He works as an intermediary for the banks from Leichtenstein and Monaco as a cover. "Times are tough"he said "i'm worried about new controls" and loosing his Merc SLR AMG!

Gary lawrence, montpellier, france

Great that the present decision makers agreed to agree and meet again next Spring by which time half the world will be out of work. Mr Obama promised drastic economic reforms and patiently waits in the wings to come onto the world stage in January. Let's hope his performance matches the rehearsal.

peterfieldman, paris, france

GOD help us, that's all i can say.

Steve, Hatfield, UK

So what is agreed is that everyone will borrow more money and dig an ever deeper hole of debt. These people should read cynicus economicus, who points out why this is so foolish. Debt caused the problem, and apparently more debt is the solution? It will bankrupt the UK.

David Evans, Bath, UK

Obama campaigned on raising taxes for those who have money and now the world needs to save itself by lowering taxes and stimulating the economy. Can't have it both ways. The new guy is toast before he takes office. Class warfare - like all things - is a two way street. Bush skunked him. I love it.

Steven Gomprecht, Lodi, NY, USA

They try every way possible to "globalise", meaning "to control". But I hope they are stopped before they go any further. Like Rome they will fall.

Giancarlo, London, England

So an economic crisis caused by unsustainably high levels of borrowing is to be 'cured' by more high levels of borrowing.

Paul, Coventry,

""boost the global economy through tax cuts, higher public spending and lower interest rates""

I know Gordon has no problem with "higher public spending" - but this "tax cuts" talk must really be a battle with Browns conscience - he will end up reducing them to the level the Tories were at !!

Richard Garland, Manchester, Greater Manchester

*Id like to see the West wise enough to put an effort into gearing up for the wars that traditionally follow economic crisis.
National service preparations amongst Western nations wouldnt be all that out of place as conflicts slowly spread around the world. Anything could trigger bigger conflict?

G.Gibson, Sydney NSW, Australia

Banquo's ghost - Obama - didn't make an appearance so it's all been a fake tragedy.

Never mind, Brown got 10 second slots on the main news channels so that's a bit of a result.

Michael, London,