Gordon Brown is so obtuse how can you ever get a straight answer from him? I have heard him interviewed several times over the years and he never answers the question if it's tricky. He sidesteps the issue and deals with some other point.

eg
interviewer: People are concerned about x what are you doing about it?
GB: Well I think this is related to y (and then proceeds to babble on about how they are implementing a program in y)

No doubt he is intelligent but he is an intellectual bully and very unfulfilling to listen to.