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Gordon Brown

politician, journalist, biographer, autobiographer, historian, university teacher

1951

James Gordon Brown is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. Previously, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007 under Tony Blair. Brown was Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunfermline East from 1983 to 2005 and for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath from 2005 to 2015. He has served as United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education since 2012, and he was appointed as World Health Organization Ambassador for Global Health Financing in 2021.

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Each year India and China produce four million graduates compared with just over 250,000 in Britain.

Gordon Brown

We need quantitative assessments of the success of education. We need certification and qualifications both for teachers and for pupils. It is not a choice between quantity and quality, between access and excellence. Both of these will happen together if people really do believe in the importance of education to change lives.

Gordon Brown

I had to deal with terrorist finance. And we had to, if you like, ensure that the accounts of people who were guilty of terrorist finance or using their accounts for terrorist finance were closed down. So we had to do asset freezing.

Gordon Brown

I take full responsibility for what happened. That's why the person who was responsible went immediately.

Gordon Brown

I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.

Gordon Brown

I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.

Gordon Brown