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UK's Brown: Now is the time to build global society
Link to articleLONDON (*******) - The international financial crisis has given world leaders a unique opportunity to create a truly global society, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown will say in a keynote foreign policy speech on Monday.
In his annual speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet, Brown -- who has spearheaded calls for the reform of international financial institutions -- will say Britain, the United States and Europe are key to forging a new world order.
"The alliance between Britain and the U.S. -- and more broadly between Europe and the U.S. -- can and must provide leadership, not in order to make the rules ourselves, but to lead the global effort to build a stronger and more just international order," an excerpt from the speech says.
Brown and other leaders meet in Washington next weekend to discuss longer term solutions for dealing with economic issues following a series of coordinated moves on interest rates and to recapitalize banks in the wake of the financial crisis.
"Uniquely in this global age, it is now in our power to come together so that 2008 is remembered not just for the failure of a financial crash that engulfed the world but for the resilience and optimism with which we faced the storm, endured it and prevailed," Brown will say in his speech on Monday evening.
"...And if we learn from our experience of turning unity of purpose into unity of action, we can together seize this moment of change in our world to create a truly global society."
According to a summary of the speech released by his office, Brown will set out five great challenges the world faces.
These are: terrorism and extremism and the need to reassert faith in democracy; the global economy; climate change; conflict and mechanisms for rebuilding states after conflict; and meeting goals on tackling poverty and disease.
Brown will also identify five stages for tackling the economy, starting with recapitalizing banks so they can resume lending to families and businesses, and better international co-ordination of fiscal and monetary policy.
He also wants immediate action to stop the spread of the financial crisis to middle-income countries, with a new facility for the International Monetary Fund, and agreement on a global trade deal, as well as reform of the global financial system.
"My message is that we must be: internationalist not protectionist; interventionist not neutral; progressive not reactive; and forward looking not frozen by events. We can seize the moment and in doing so build a truly global society."
Can I op out of his vision?
very self-righteous"The alliance between Britain and the U.S. -- and more broadly between Europe and the U.S. -- can and must provide leadership, not in order to make the rules ourselves, but to lead the global effort to build a stronger and more just international order," an excerpt from the speech says.
don't complain if others do the same."My message is that we must be: internationalist not protectionist; interventionist not neutral; progressive not reactive; and forward looking not frozen by events. We can seize the moment and in doing so build a truly global society."
This is just what us tinfoil hatters have been saying for a long time.
Oh, oh.. I hear the black choppers approaching.
how do we know that the solution provider did not cause the problem in the first place?
Globalisation is the cause of all these troubles and he is suggesting more globalisation to fix it.
"The alliance between Britain and the U.S. -- and more broadly between Europe and the U.S. -- can and must provide leadership, ..."
These countries still think they have the right to lead or provide solutions? The man is delusional.
The man is an unelected leader (who I hate) of my country, who had a big hand in changing the rules that the banks/financial markets had to follow, to help make this recession worse...Originally Posted by TheMacedonian
BTW, did I say I HATE him
Create a "global society"?
When we can't even effectively manage our own individual, smaller, and far more homogenous societies?
It's like trying to conduct an orchestra when we can't even play the frickin' banjo.
PLUS......if income is already being taxed over 50% of gross wages(when factoring in stealth taxes and while true wealth remains unscathed) to cover costs of our individual society's retards, how are we going to come up with the money to pay for entire failed retard states?
I think Switzerland USED to have it right....before they joined us down the path of corruptive destruction.
And globalisation isn't bad.
It's like saying electricity is bad....doesn't make any sense.
Globalisation is about international trade...implying FAIR trade..........everything in life should strive towards the fair, reasonable, and sustainable.
If trade is one-sided or leavily lopsided...it's not the fault of globalisation...it's the fault of parties seeking unfair advantage.
Merely a man in a weak position trying to shore up his "re-"election chances. He needs positives before the Treasury reveals the true extent of national expenditure.
Hmmm, yeah well England has done such a good job with their own country, I would gladly let their PC BS take over the world...
Hmmm, yeah well England has done such a good job with their own country, I would gladly let their PC BS take over the world...
What about wales ? scotland and N.Ireland ?
I hope you do mean uk.
Sorry, I should have used Pomgolia as a blanket term...What about wales ? scotland and N.Ireland ?
I hope you do mean uk.
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