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James Gordon Brown CH (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who was elected to Parliament in 1983 and who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010. He was the Labour Party's treasury spokesman since 1992, and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997.
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We not only saved the world, er, saved the banks...
We will not return to the old boom and bust.
We should be a leader in Europe, not leaving it
My first rule – the golden rule – ensures that over the economic cycle the Government will borrow only to invest, and that current spending will be met from taxation.
And as I leave the second most important job I could ever hold, I cherish even more the first – as a husband and father.
Luckily for the world economy, however, Gordon Brown and his officials are making sense. And they may have shown us the way through this crisis.
The problem we have is making sure that we do not inflict harm on ourselves, by leaving the EU with no deal.
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.
I'm here – but I haven't been given permission to drive.
Under this Government, Britain will not return to the boom and bust of the past.
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.
To prevent the rise of dysfunctional nationalism, the first step is to stop no deal in its tracks
Politics seems much less important today. When you see your young daughter smiling as she was, and moving around, it's a superb feeling.
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.
Talking up no deal means renouncing the chance of a positive post-Brexit relationship with the continent and our major economic partners
I take full responsibility for what happened. That's why the person who was responsible went immediately.
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.
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.
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.
She should take no deal off the table - it's a terrible, catastrophic result to end up with a no deal and end up with businesses at risk, with trade at risk, with the supplies of health service products at risk.
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