His popularity amongst the British public may not be so high just now, but Prime Minister Gordon Brown can rest assured that if these things were decided by Columbian pop stars, he'd probably be safe at the next General Election.
Brown and Shakira (who is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador) were both involved in a conference call hosted by the Global Campaign For Education, which seeks to meet a UN pledge of international benchmarks in schooling by 2015. Afterwards Shakira said: "I applaud [Gordon Brown's] work and applaud the fact that he is brave enough to talk to celebrities like me. I think we are all on the same boat trying to get to the same shore, and trying to provide education for all children in the world".