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 have at the moment a unique chance to answer the call of a younger generation, particularly of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, who want jobs, who want education, who want a stake in prosperity. We can do so by encouraging the economic development of this region so we have long-term prosperity for all.
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Relations between the United Kingdom and the United States have never been stronger, deeper and more cordial,
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Past economic transformations depended as much on brawn as well as on brains.
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In the United States, there is very little until Friday when we get both retail sales data and the preliminary March consumer sentiment survey from the University of Michigan.
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In our view, if we are to avoid the disappointments of Seattle and Cancun, then Europe and America must move together and Europe should lead the way in rejecting agricultural protectionism,
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In anticipation of World Cup success this summer, I am freezing duty on champagne and on British sparkling wine.
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It has to be done this year, and that is our intention.
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I'm committed to putting a new system in place because people must know decisions are made that are above board and seen to be above board.
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But today, countries like ours will only be able to compete if we move up a gear into the high-tech, the high skilled, the value-added products and processes, the difference between being in a race to the bottom and a race to the top.
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I am now confident that the sum could have $1.5 billion by the time of Genoa,
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I confidently expect that all G7 members will now support the sale.
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I think people have got to understand when a murder is committed on British soil, when innocent people have been put at risk by the method that murder is committed then we expect authorities in other parts of the world to co-operate.
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America knows it has got to deal with its deficit problems so that it, too, can promise it is making its proper and best contributions to the world economy.
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We've got to be explicit that the road to greater economic success does not lie in this cosy assumption that you can move from a single market through a single currency to harmonising all your taxes and then having a federal fiscal policy and then effectively having a federal State.