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
thinking people risk
I think people have got to understand when a murder is committed on British soil, when innocent people have been put at risk by the method that murder is committed then we expect authorities in other parts of the world to co-operate.
thinking support unions
I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because I'm against it in principle but because I didn't think it was economically right for Britain. But that doesn't make me any less pro-European.
thinking july matter
Think for a moment: what is the British equivalent of the U.S. Fourth of July, or even the French 14th of July for that matter?
thinking should contests
I am happy for there to be a leadership contest. I think there should be
math thinking years
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.
children father thinking
I think that's a bit unfair. I'm a father with a 2-year-old child and I feel pretty young, actually.
party believe thinking
I think we should do better next week, better the week after, and better right throughout the course of our government. Sometimes in parties these things happen, but it is not acceptable and I do believe that what people now want to do is to debate the future - about policy - and I think the issues about what Tony Blair will or will not do are going to be left to Tony Blair
party thinking parliamentary
I don't think Jeremy Corbyn's going to stay, he's going to go. He knows parliamentary party have no faith in him.
believe thinking people
I believe there is a moral sense and a global ethic that commands attention from people of every religion and every faith, and people of no faith. But I think what's new is that we now have the capacity to communicate instantaneously across frontiers right across the world.
progress towards welcome
We welcome the progress towards flexibility that has been made in China,
affluent africa centuries question talk
We (in affluent countries) used to talk for centuries about what we could do for Africa. But the real question is about empowerment, and what Africa can do for itself.
britain enduring generosity given massive people spirit
I sense a new spirit in Britain: that the people of Britain want this massive demonstration of generosity to be given enduring purpose.
british equivalent fourth french july
Think for a moment: what is the British equivalent of the U.S. Fourth of July, or even the French 14th of July for that matter?
active children encourage exemplary helping life local whatever
They also encourage children and young people, whatever their own circumstances, to take an active and exemplary part in the life of their local communities, particularly in helping the more vulnerable.