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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There is no more important question for advanced industrial countries today than how to rise to the challenges and opportunities of globalization.
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The first action we must take is to tackle the cause of the problem, ensuring concerted global action is taken to bring down world oil prices and stabilize the market for the long term.
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The breakthrough is that we now have a set of proposals that are supported by the whole international community.
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There's been some progress, but obviously we want to see some more.
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This list is a result of further intelligence sharing and co-ordination between the UK, U.S. other international allies.
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It has to be done this year, and that is our intention.
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has been designed ... to put stability first.
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Liberalization on services, energy and utilities are part of, and remain central to, a successful single market.
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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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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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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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The initiative launched today is about delivering one of the great rights, the right of education.
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Past economic transformations depended as much on brawn as well as on brains.
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This is the end of a historic process that has led to debt relief for these poor countries,