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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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Gordon Brown
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 20
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Our mission is, in truth, historic and world changing - to build, over the next fifty years and beyond, a global low carbon economy. And it is not overdramatic to say that the character and course of the coming century will be set by how we measure up to this challenge
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I don't think Jeremy Corbyn's going to stay, he's going to go. He knows parliamentary party have no faith in him.
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We must then build a proper relationship between the richest and the poorest countries based on our desire that they are able to fend for themselves with the investment that is necessary in their agriculture, so that Africa is not a net importer of food, but an exporter of food.
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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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No one should be held back from realising their potential by fears that they will not be able to afford to go to university or that they will graduate with unmanageable levels of debt.
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I said that this would be a Budget based on prudence for a purpose and that guides us also in our approach to public spending.
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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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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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When the strong help the weak, it makes us all stronger
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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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Our new economic approach is rooted in ideas which stress the importance of macro-economics, post neo-classical endogenous growth theory and the symbiotic relationships between growth and investment, and people and infrastructure.
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It is time to train British workers for the British jobs that will be available over the coming few years and to make sure that people who are inactive and unemployed are able to get the new jobs on offer in our country.
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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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Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.
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I take full responsibility for what happened. That's why the person who was responsible went immediately.
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Britain should be the world's number one center for genetic and stem cell research, building on our world leading regulatory regime in the area.
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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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Boom and bust is a term that applied to the Conservative years and two of the worst recessions in history.
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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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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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