I know nothing

I hope that some readers remember the answer given by Gordon Brown when asked in parliament about loans to political parties.

If my memory, which is not very good, serves me well I think he said something along the lines of 'I knew nothing'.

Could it possibly be that Gordon Brown was told that something was going to be discussed and it would be better if he left the room, so that in future he would not be caught out the same way some senior politicians seem to be. I would like somebody to ask the question of the saviour of the globe, were there meetings held where it was suggested that it would be best if you were not around. Just like the signing of the Lisbon Treaty where he did it on his own, because he had a prior arranged meeting of course. Funny how he found the time to drop everything for the Global Economic Crisis, or was signing a Treaty not really that important.