Gordon Brown wants to infect the leaders of the G20 countries with his Walter Mitty fantasies.* If he succeeds in luring them into his make-believe world the collective denial about the roots of the global economic crisis will mean the depression may well exceed the worst excesses of the ’30s.

Quick pass the buck – if we assume formlessness we can hide who’s to blame for this debacle. The blame game is essentially futile. This crisis won’t be hung on anyone because broadly speaking everyone is to blame.

When asked what is wrong with the world G K Chesterton answered - "Sir, I am".
Individuals, companies, banks, government and the media are all responsible for this disaster. Collective apathy and avarice coupled with unprincipled weak leadership are the root cause.

When Rowan Williams and Dr John Sentamu attacked the plutocrats the story ripped around the world.

The Archbishop of Canterbury quoted Karl Marks, and The Archbishop of York condemned the ‘bank robbers’. The archetypal story ticked all the boxes. Good stands firmly on the moral high ground and attacks evil. Evil is vanquished. The system is cleansed. Good - and in this case - God have triumphed. We all live happily.

The proverbial fly in the ointment is The Church of England’s financial arm - The Church Commissioners. They turned to currency hedging in 2007 to protect some of the churches £5.7 billion central assets. Effectively they were short-selling sterling in the currency markets - not to speculate against falling currencies for profit – but to guard the value of their funds. Whether preserving wealth or making money why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own?

The night Joanne Rowling is included in the new years honours list the champagne socialism will flow. Isn’t it fitting that the country’s best selling author found her audience whist Great Britain was run by a party of children?

Gordon Brown clinched a £1m donation from Rowling by propagating the myth that he has introduced measures that will save as many children as possible from a life lacking in opportunity or choice.