Brown pledges more public-service reform

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UK's Brown pledges more public-service reform

Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:12am EDT

By Katherine Baldwin and Adrian Croft

BOURNEMOUTH (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised a new drive to transform the health service and schools on Monday, but again failed to stamp out speculation he may call an early general election.

He will lay out his plans for "a fairer, stronger Britain" in his first speech as leader to the ruling Labour Party's annual conference later on Monday.

The five-day conference in the seaside resort of Bournemouth has been hit by a bout of election fever as Brown's wide lead in the opinion polls fuels talk that he could call a snap election, perhaps as soon as October -- some three years early.

Brown, who replaced Tony Blair as prime minister three months ago, said he was focusing on his job but dodged the question when asked in broadcast interviews if he would rule out an election this year.

"I've got a program for change for the future. Do I need to call an election to do so? No ... The right thing to do of course is to get on with the job," he told BBC radio.

Full story, Source: Reuters

[stevewinn]

more spin, hes had 10 years as chancellor to get to grips with the NHS and schools, he robbed peoples pensions and sold a large portion of our gold reserve (65%). since hes been PM, we've stumbled from crisis to crisis, hes a joanh, trouble is who else can we vote for,?? their all cast in the same mold,

[wunarmdscissor]

steve could you please explain which crisis we've stubled from?

the problems with economy are to do with fears of a rescession in the US not much the prime minister of the UK can do bout that , the UK economy is still growing?

im sure you arent claiming the terror attacks are his fault are you???

other than that i cant quite see what disasters your talking about

now his opponents for example david "hug a hoodie" im a silver spoon in my mouth cameron , hes a real comedy character , would you prefer him running the copuntry haha?

[stevewinn]

steve could you please explain which crisis we've stubled from?

the problems with economy are to do with fears of a rescession in the US not much the prime minister of the UK can do bout that , the UK economy is still growing?

im sure you arent claiming the terror attacks are his fault are you???

other than that i cant quite see what disasters your talking about

now his opponents for example david "hug a hoodie" im a silver spoon in my mouth cameron , hes a real comedy character , would you prefer him running the copuntry haha?

yes, terrorist attack, floods in the north east then south west, then foot and mouth from a laboratory, blue tongue, my car window broke since hes been PM, its one crisis after another, even though hes not directly responsible its all happened on his watch and with a record like that he derserves the title jonah.

David Cameron, dont think he's up to the challenge, David Davis wouldve been better, all we need in a government is for them to stop lying, stop being PC, have a back bone and for them to understand their there to serve the people not the other way around,

Edited September 24, 2007 by stevewinn

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Gordon Brown has been a major player in a government that has sold the UK down the river to the EU, and CONSISTENTLY denied the UK voters ANY say in the matter. We have ceeded controls over large sections of our economy, our judiciary, social policy, and our border controls. We have NEVER been allowed to vote on this issue.

For this reason alone, I will never vote for a Labour government for the forseeable future, and certainly not one with Gordon Brown in unless he has a dramatic change of direction on this issue. (the conservatives and LibDems are as bad in this regard... there seems to be a covert tripartate agreement in regard to the EU.)

Brown can make as many pledges about the NHS and Education as he wants. In a few years - with him at the helm - the UK government will no longer have CONTROL of these issues. It's like a few years ago when John Reid (or was it Jack straw ? I lose track of home secretaries) played to the newspapers pledging to limit the number of Eastern European immigrants from the newly acceeding EU countries, even though he KNEW that he had no power to do so. (UK immigration was already a EU competency by then - e.g. the UK government has no authority over it).

'scuse me whillst I go and foam at the mouth.

Meow Purr.

Edited September 24, 2007 by ships-cat

[wunarmdscissor]

and both of you are old enough to remmeber what the previous shower were like

like it or not its the best of a bad bad bad bad bunch

i like you yearn for a truthful politician who will actually earn his corn and do what we the electorate want , until then i make a balanced decision and vote for the best of a bad bunch to keep an even worse mob (the tories and lib dems ) out

[stevewinn]

and both of you are old enough to remmeber what the previous shower were like

like it or not its the best of a bad bad bad bad bunch

i like you yearn for a truthful politician who will actually earn his corn and do what we the electorate want , until then i make a balanced decision and vote for the best of a bad bunch to keep an even worse mob (the tories and lib dems ) out

Im not old enough to remember, but even though they were rough times back in the 80's people stood up for their rights unlike today were the public remind me of sheep going to slaughter,

[wunarmdscissor]

your 24 or at least you were born in 82 so you should remember the bad times

mass mass unemployment

boom and bust economy which amounted to people you would consider midle class just now not being able to make their mortgage repayments due to massive interest rates and normal families going hungry

poll tax

the way the tories treated wales ireland and scotland was deplorable

the troubles in nothern ireland

internment

school facilities that even african nations wouldve been ashamed of

so your whole basis for electing a government is based on some abstract notion of people "who stand up for their rights"

what exactly does that mean anyway????

i think some of the talksport listening sun reading right wing mob need to open their eyes and have a good god damn look at the country as it sits now in comparison to where it was in 1997 this is a different place

im the exact same age as you and my family now which is the most important thing to me is better off purely as a result of a labour government that whilst it has made many mistakes mostly in foreign policy i might add has got it for the most part far more on the money than the previous 18 years of tory rule did..

[stevewinn]

i cant remember, maybe i just didnt take an interest or was foot loose and fancy free at that young age, back in the 90's all my life was school, footie, bed, i can remember the bin men going on strike and bin bags everywhere, but besides that, nothing

what wrong with talksport? i listen to that Jon Gaunt every now and then,

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Brown can make as many pledges about the NHS and Education as he wants. In a few years - with him at the helm - the UK government will no longer have CONTROL of these issues. It's like a few years ago when John Reid (or was it Jack straw ? I lose track of home secretaries) played to the newspapers pledging to limit the number of Eastern European immigrants from the newly acceeding EU countries, even though he KNEW that he had no power to do so. (UK immigration was already a EU competency by then - e.g. the UK government has no authority over it).

Meow Purr.

Sorry to be a bearer of bad news, but the Eastern European emigration was something that each country could bid out of before the enlargement for a determined number of years(up to 15 I believe). Britain and Spain did not opt out to the contrary of most other European countries (some for longer time some for shorter time). And each country could have determined this by itself before the new Eastern members joined.

[wunarmdscissor]

i listen to talksport all day as well alan brazil is a tim like me haha

i listen to gaunt as well , he makes ma blood boil on occassion but i also agree with him on many issues

p.s. gaunt voted for labour