Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

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In the long term, Ireland will be united.”
Scotland’s got to find a way of living in cooperation with other countries, and independence would not be the right way forward. We’re geographically, economically, socially, culturally linked to the rest of the United Kingdom, whether it’s Wales, England or parts of Ireland.”
America was not able to stop the invasion of Ukraine, even though they knew about it in advance. And the Americans are not telling the Israelis actually to respect the idea that Palestine should have sovereignty. When I was prime minister and Israel invaded Gaza in 2009, the Americans told them to get out and they left.”
Putin feels he can ignore the rule of law with impunity,
I don’t think people understand just how much damage the Murdoch press did,... how much they tried to control British political life for years. They were operating hand in glove with the Conservative party attempting to control British politics — for commercial gain, as well as for political influence. They were only stopped by exposure.”
There was a disruption,... so churches broke away from each other. My father was one of the dissenters.”

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