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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We are talking about a new deal between the rich countries and poor countries of the world.
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We are conscious of the abject poverty that so many countries and individuals face. We're being driven forward by the urgent need to act,
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We have invited the commission and the ... bank to take forward technical work on a European support package, including discussions with other international partners to establish a loan guarantee scheme for small businesses,
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What we have decided today, conscious of the poverty that we face, is a decision of 100 percent debt cancellation for the poorest countries backed up by greater trade justice, by a doubling of European aid, by a commitment to provide AIDS treatments for people by 2010,
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The only way we have to compete is by moving in the high value services, high tech industries.
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There are only eight weeks to go to these vital Hong Kong discussions. I do not believe that you can get a vital agreement that works if we wait until people arrive in Hong Kong.
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The next election will be a flyweight versus a heavyweight. However much the right hon. Gentleman (David Cameron) may dance around the ring beforehand, at some point, he will come within the reach of a big clunking fist.
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Indeed, Britain was set to repeat the old, familiar cycle of boom and bust. Since then, we have created and rigorously adhered to a new framework of modern economic management
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I don't see politics as one or two people just making or delivering announcements - it's also about winning public support and the public enthusiasm. You've got to win public support.
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The IIFA Weekend has my unprecedented support. The relationship between India and the UK is long standing and one we would like to keep developing forever.
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I did maths for a year at university. I don't think I was very good at it. And some people would say it shows.
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I will listen and I will learn. I will strive to meet people's aspirations. I want to lead a government humble enough to know its place - where I will always strive to be - and that is on people's side.
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What is gained by debt relief and aid can be lost if we don't get a proper trade agreement in Hong Kong,
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I think we should do better next week, better the week after, and better right throughout the course of our government. Sometimes in parties these things happen, but it is not acceptable and I do believe that what people now want to do is to debate the future - about policy - and I think the issues about what Tony Blair will or will not do are going to be left to Tony Blair