No, not that Brown, this Brown. Ian Brown. And always one to speak his mind, the former Stone Rose has once again been spreading his political wisdom, suggesting that Bono and Bob Geldof should be hit with a restraining order for their hi-jacking of the G8 Summit. He also laid into Live 8, suggesting all the much hyped make poverty history gig did was help sell more Pink Floyd albums.
All arguably fair points, though I'm not sure Brown was being too serious in his political discussions with The Guardian, unless he really things that Taliban fighters should patrol inner city areas at night, that lambs should be allowed to graze on the (grass free?) roof of Buckingham Palace and that dolphins should advise governments on crisis planning. Or perhaps he does.
He did seem to get a little serious on the issue of global warming - "America won't accept that there is global warming. It's not good enough. We can't all perish because of their blindness. We need to ban all air-freighted food: carrots from Holland; potatoes from Egypt - it's got to stop" - while on more energy efficient forms of transport, he observed: "The chicken-shit powered car will only do 60 mph but so what? Leave your house a bit earlier". He has a point you know. Especially about the dolphins.