The BBC report comes over to me as rather supercilious, to say the least, towards Mr. Brown, whereas they appear to be quite sycophantic towards Mr. Cameron. Would this be because Mr. Brown is Scotch?
I think that it was done in an effort to send a message to PM Brown that he'd better stay on the Left's Plantation and not get any ideas into his head about embracing the War On Terror or, even "worse", President Bush.
It was a shot across his bow to remind him that they have the ability to sway public opinion in any direction they like, regardless of what he does or says.
PM Brown is due to visit us here in the USA very shortly, and I don't believe that the timing of this broadcast was any accident.