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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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Gordon Brown
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 20
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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James Gordon Brown
J. Gordon Brown
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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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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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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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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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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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The doubling of oil prices ... is creating a more difficult environment in which to act.
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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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Jubilee 2000 is a broad coalition which has moved the earth.
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Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally. That, in my view, gives us the first opportunity as a community to fundamentally change the world.
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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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I hope the Spice Girls will come back, although it may be beyond even Bob Geldof to get that to happen.
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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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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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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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I'm a father that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.
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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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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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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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Britain does not want a return to boom and bust.
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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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