'Seize moment' Gordon Brown to urge US

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Source: BBC

Gordon Brown will urge the US to "seize the moment" to "make the future work for us" when he addresses a joint session of the US Congress.

Mr Brown, the fifth UK prime minister to address both houses on Capitol Hill, is set to issue a plea to the US to avoid protectionism. When he addresses Congress, Mr Brown will follow in the footsteps of Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. He is expected to compare the battle against recession to the fight against fascism in the 1940s.

He is expected to focus on the challenges facing the global economy, reiterating calls for a strong UK-US relationship and to talk about the military situation in Afghanistan.

In the speech he will tell Congress that "now more than ever the rest of the world wants to work with you" and will say the major challenges faced are global challenges.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7922426.stm

[Prometheus Bound]

1. Gordon Brown blames it on the US of A

Gordon Brown blames it on the US of A
November 12, 2008 4:56pm
by Jim Pickard

“That is why, when threatened by the global financial turmoil that started in America and has now spread across the world, we in Britain took action to secure our banks and financial system…*

“You know, it started in America, there was a lot of irresponsible lending taking place.”

“This problem started in America. They have got to sort it out. The Americans have a responsibility to the rest of the world.”
http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2008/11/gordon-brown-blames-it-on-the-us-of-a/

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. Well - the War in Iraq started in America - you Brits jumped into that one too

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Tony Blair should be in jail or hung . .

not running around the world making speeches

Blair and Bush belong with Saddam and Hitler

Genocide STILL continues in Iraq because of Bush and Blair's collusion