Unlike Maliki, he hasn't said anything explicit, and he does still reject an "artificial timetable." But check the lede in the UK's Independent about PM Gordon Brown, visiting British troops in Basra:
"Gordon Brown prepared the ground for a historic realignment in the "war on terror" yesterday by setting out a four-point plan for withdrawal of British troops from Iraq by the end of next year."Although he is refusing to set a detailed timetable for withdrawal, it is clear Mr Brown is in agreement with the US presidential candidate Barack Obama on the need for military action in Afghanistan to take priority. Both appear to be working to a 16-month timetable."