Britain's Prime Mister Gordon Brown was gushing about the Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama in a magazine article, while ignoring any mentions of John McCain, but was forced to retract his "endorsement" after people in the McCain camp called to complain.

In the Parliamentary Monitor article, reprinted in the Times Online, Brown said,

"In the electrifying US presidential campaign, it is the Democrats who are generating the ideas to help people through more difficult times," he said. "To help prevent people from losing their home, Barack Obama has proposed a Foreclosure Prevention Fund to increase emergency pre-foreclosure counselling, and help families facing repossession."

However, a spokesman for Brown denied he's favoring Obama.

"The PM is not endorsing a candidate, and never would,” said the spokesman.

"As he has made clear when asked on a number of occasions, the election is a matter for the American people, and he looks forward to working closely with whoever is the next President across a range of areas of common interest.

"This was an article written ahead of the party conferences in Britain and talks about some of the measures being taken around the world by centre-Left political parties to deal with the current global economic challenges."