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 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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For me there is a mission for this country moving forward - there are big long-term decisions we've got to take as a nation.
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Let us move the IMF forward from its old role for an old world of sheltered national economies -- of addressing balance of payments problems -- to a new role in a world of global capital flows.
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Tempting though it is to take protectionist measures, in the long term the only way forward is for Europe to invest rather than protect,
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This is the work that drives us on. This is the vision that gives enduring purpose to what we do. This is the task our party wants to take forward starting from this morning.
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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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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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I think to design for a grand total less than 300 would be impractical, ... We could fill a smaller facility up within months if the judges start sentencing the way they need to and should Å We would be overcrowded within days of opening a new facility, and it's pointless to spend all of this money and be right back where we started.
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It is one of the world's greatest scandals, that must now be addressed, that 100 million children are not going to school today, denied one of the most basic rights of all.
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OPEC must respond at its meeting on 19 September to rising demand by raising production.
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OPEC is a cartel, of course, and I think it is under challenge, ... You have got a cartel that has limited production in the past and has been slow to respond to rising demand.
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We have to raise $10 billion per year if we are to ensure that every child has access to education.
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We cautiously welcome OPEC's decisions to make its full spare capacity available to the market and to commit to a future dialogue,
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We will abolish this requirement and reduce the burdens placed upon you, ... This will be the first in a series of regulatory requirements that we can remove.