Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brownis a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Blair Government from 1997 to 2007. Brown was a Member of Parliamentfrom 1983 to 2015, first for Dunfermline East and later for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth20 February 1951
CityGiffnock, Scotland
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The meeting went on as normal. It started on time and it was completed in a normal way, ... Our message to those people who have been demonstrating is that the way forward for those people who want to reduce poverty and ... and to see a diffusion of prosperity around the world is not to advocate turning our back on the global economy and not to advocate a retreat from international economic cooperation.
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The memorial committee received over 10,000 suggestions for memorials to Diana, Princess of Wales.
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And in the same way, he deserves credit for leading us through difficult and challenging years, he also deserves credit for ... challenging us as a party to begin to plan ahead.
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I think it's been recognized in every meeting we've had, the need for continued vigilance, the need to be absolutely sure that the macroeconomic foundations, the stability of the economies is assured, ... and that's why so much focus is being on strengthening the transparency and reporting that is done by the International Monetary Fund.
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It is absolutely critical that we take the actions having agreed that action is necessary,
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I think you've seen that ministers around the world have been affected by the strength of public opinion, churches, faith groups, and it does have an impact.
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It is important that the government has all its votes at its disposal this afternoon. The security of the nation comes first. No government can afford to take risks with the security of the country.
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It is no longer about promises of aid tomorrow, it is about signing up today to concrete actions starting now to deliver for every child in the world the chance of education.
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I welcome the Gates Foundation's announcement today. For far too long, world leaders have ignored the global tuberculosis epidemic, even as it causes millions of needless deaths each year.
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I'm hoping to that we can add Sweden, South Africa, China, Australia, Canada.
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I think Europe has got to face up with America to the fact that protectionist policies are not only damaging the world economy, but damaging in the long run the European and American economies,
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I think we'll achieve something this week. There's still a long way to go and we'll try and make some progress in the next two or three days.