Declare victory and party hard!

A new world order has emerged. Well, Mr. Gordon Brown said so!

This was our favorite line in a story from the Financial Times this morning summarizing yet another gathering of world leaders long on smiles and commitments, but short on details of how to get there:

"Mr. Brown claimed that China had agreed a $40bn contribution to IMF funds. Chinese authorities could not confirm that last night. The IMF declined to comment."