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Gordon Brown
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 20
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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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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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[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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Once government's objectives were economic growth and social cohesion. Now they are prosperity, fairness and environmental care
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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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I take full responsibility for what happened. That's why the person who was responsible went immediately.
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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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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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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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Boom and bust is a term that applied to the Conservative years and two of the worst recessions in history.
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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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What is gained by debt relief and aid can be lost if we don't get a proper trade agreement in Hong Kong.
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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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I'm a father that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.
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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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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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So another challenge for our generation is to create global institutions that reflect our ideas of fairness and responsibility, not the ideas that were the basis of the last stage of financial development over these recent years.
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