The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Gordon Brown is a seasoned political leader with extensive experience in both domestic and international affairs. This interview highlights his focus on building trust and coalitions to address complex global challenges, reflecting his diplomatic approach to leadership.
“Harold Wilson, who was the prime minister, got an interview with him. I did the mirror, I did the sports commentary. But it was really interesting because you were raising money for a charity and finding out about what was happening in the rest of the world.”
“But look, if you work together with someone for 25 years and you are still working together until the day Tony left as prime minister, then I think that shows that we have so much in common that we introduced a national minimum wage in Britain. We doubled the expenditure on health and education.”
“Numbers, yes, because five million children face death and any one child who's in danger and difficulty. There's not a parent in America that wouldn't feel that something had to be done to help a child in such distress, emaciated no hospital care because health centers have been closed.”
“Even at the expense of international cooperation is the best way to present yourself to the world. And so the World Trade Organization has become effective. The cooperation on getting the vaccination to the rest of the world, I mean, this is a moral failure of huge proportions.”
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson — The Gordon Brown One
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