Brown is back in business.THE one trillion dollar Premier pulled off the international deal of the century, yesterday. For Gordon Brown to bring the world together to fight back against the global recession was a remarkable achievement. Getting 20 major nations - all with different priorities and competing interests - to sign up to anything is fiendishly fiend·ish adj. 1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of a fiend; diabolical. 2. Extremely wicked or cruel. 3. Extremely bad, disagreeable, or difficult: difficult. Yet in the space of a few months, the British Prime Minister has laid the foundations for a new financial order in what is a potentially historic step. His formidable drive and unswerving determination, allied to a unique understanding of how the global economy operates, earned our man the trust of foreign chancellors and kings, premiers and presidents. Of course, Mr Brown couldn't have delivered the London agreement The London Agreement may refer to one of the following agreements signed in London:
The US President's charm certainly complemented the PM's more direct approach. But giving due credit to the White House in no way diminishes Mr Brown's personal triumph. The centre-Left has won the argument. Intervention and progressive values have finally trumped the devil-take-the-hindmost, do-nothing thinking that has dominated for the past 30 years. To clamp clamp (klamp) a surgical device for compressing a part or structure. rubber dam clamp a metallic device used to retain the dam on a tooth. clamp n. down on tax havens, to force banks to go straight, to offer a helping hand to the world's poor - these are moves that will change the way the world does business. Mr Brown candidly can·did adj. 1. Free from prejudice; impartial. 2. Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward: In private, I gave them my candid opinion. admitted that there are no quick fixes, that hard-working people will, alas, continue to lose jobs, through no fault of their own. But now there is a way forward. And by avoiding the mistakes of past recessions in the 30s, 70s, 80s and 90s, we can shorten and soften the blow of this present one. The announcement of a global fightback couldn't have come at a better time for Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. . Already this week, 1,400 people have lost their jobs. They need help and they need it now. International plaudits don't translate into votes at home unless the words of a world communique are turned into deeds. Mr Brown reminded us yesterday why his opponents were foolish to write him off.. |
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