In a scathing assessment of the former prime minister, George Bush's last ambassador to London blamed Brown for
presiding over a «post-Blair rudderlessness» which prompted senior Labour figures to complain of their despair to the embassy... The diplomatic cables confirm that Barack Obama's allies were irritated by Brown's intense manner: he interrupted a Thanksgiving call to the current president's ambassador to lobby for a Tobin tax on financial
transactions in the face of US opposition.»
Her worst delay came in 2005 when she
presided over a one - day hearing between Fredericton's old Elm City Chrysler dealership, its owners and their bank to resolve questionable
transactions.