MAIL ON SUNDAY: He may have left Britain broke but Gordon Brown could soon be lining his own pockets to the tune of £70,000 a night – telling Americans how to end the recession.
Mr Brown has been approached about joining the US lecture tour circuit to deliver speeches on the world economy to top businessmen and bankers.
The fee is a fraction of the £400,000 a speech commanded by Tony Blair – and may come as a surprise to those who regard Mr Brown as a poor orator.
But celebrity agent Robert Walker – whose clients include former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Bishop Desmond Tutu and actors Michael Douglas and Goldie Hawn – insists Mr Brown could earn big sums.
He said: ‘He may not have the panache of a Tony Blair or a Margaret Thatcher but he’s a name and I think there’s a good market for him, especially in the business world.
‘To be very frank with you, it doesn’t matter to me whether Mr Brown is thought of as a good speaker. I look for clients who have content and I work with them to develop it. They bring the steak to the meal. I throw on the sizzle. £70,000 a time? To hear me give a speech? That's what Gordon Brown has been told he can earn >>> Sharon Churcher | Sunday, May 23, 2010
