U.K. official blasts Prime Minister Brown

Per the UK newspaper The Guardian, a YouTube clip of United Kingdom European Parliament Member Daniel Hannan, a conservative MP, has become an Internet sensation. In the clip Hannan gives a short speech to the European Parliament and U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown about the current economic crisis. Hannan is critical of current U.K. economic policies and went so far as to call Prime Minister Brown a, "Brezhnev-era apparatchik.

The speech has been viewed over 1.4 million times in four days and can be viewed on YouTube with a full transcript available here.

The Twitterverse greeted the speech positively.

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   steve2425 (U.K.) Watched BBC Parliament on "Gordon save the world Brown" EU speech yawn,yawn, Nigel and Daniel Hannan's speeches best bits! #UKIP 28 Mar 2009 from web
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   iamthemuse (Location undisclosed) Feeling proud of Daniel Hannan !!! 28 Mar 2009 from web
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   doreenseaton (U.K.) MEP Daniel Hannan delivers knockout blow to Gordon Brown at EU. Gordon, please say "Sorry" before you leave No.10. http://tinyurl.com/c8fbp7 28 Mar 2009 from web
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   Damsgaard (Location undisclosed) Daniel Hannan MEP; new Party Chairman? 28 Mar 2009 from web
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   harrytheboat (Leicestershire-on-Sea, U.K.) There is a god, and his name is Daniel Hannan, good show old boy! 28 Mar 2009 from TweetDeck
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   highlanderfae (Texas, USA) Wishing we had someone like Daniel Hannan (Brit politician for those of you who don't know) in Congress. 28 Mar 2009 from web

U.K. official blasts Prime Minister Brown