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Gordon Brown

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Gordon Brown
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 20
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James Gordon Brown
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[They] should never have put me with that woman. ... She was just a sort of bigoted woman who said she used to be Labour.
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In the weeks and months ahead, my task is to show I have the new ideas, the vision and the experience to earn the trust of the British people.
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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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56,000 companies have already benefited from the schemes that we have brought in. If we have taken the advice of the Conservative Party, no money would have been used. As Barack Obama said only yesterday, doing nothing is not an option.
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What has become clear is that Britain cannot trust the Conservatives to run the economy. Everyone knows that I'm all in favour of apprenticeships, but let me tell you this is no time for a novice.
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Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.
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The doubling of oil prices ... is creating a more difficult environment in which to act.
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The vision of personalised public services - meeting the individual needs of all our citizens - requires continuing reform in the way services are delivered
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Once government's objectives were economic growth and social cohesion. Now they are prosperity, fairness and environmental care
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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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On this day I remember words that have stayed with me since my childhood and which matter a great deal to me today, my school motto: I will try my outmost. This is my promise to all of the people of Britain and now let the work of change begin.
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Britain and Pakistan will jointly fight the menace of terrorism .. Both the countries are facing a common threat of terrorism and we know that Pakistan is even more committed to fighting this menace
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The place of cycling in our society is set to grow, and I am committed to doing everything possible to encourage that.
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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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Good strong banks are essential for every family and for every business in the country and extraordinary times call for the bold and far-reaching solutions that the Treasury has announced today.
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My favourite sport at school was rugby. All sports are teamwork, but rugby particularly is about teamwork and I think teamwork is the essence of this.
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Sometimes it takes a crisis for people to agree that what is obvious and should have been done years ago, can no longer be postponed. We must create a new international financial architecture for the global age.
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We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines through British history. Our commitment to fairness, fair play and civic duty.
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Our approach is to reject the old vicious circle of the '80s-rising debt, higher long-term interest rates, higher debt repayment costs, lower growth, higher unemployment, then enforced cuts in public spending. That was the old boom and bust.
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