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Gordon Brown Name: Gordon Brown
Occupation: UK Prime Minister
Country: UK
Total Questions: 272
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  1. Kimondo is asking Gordon Brown: "Why have you banned anti-poverty organisation the World Development Movement from attending the G20 summit?"
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Poverty   |   Email to friends   |   Apr 02 2009 10:10:11 AM
  1. summit is asking Gordon Brown: "Will you place on the G20 agenda the proposals by James Robertson (www.jamesrobertson.com) for monetary reform? In short: - why doesn't the government take over the exclusive power to create new money..." Show more »"Will you place on the G20 agenda the proposals by James Robertson (www.jamesrobertson.com) for monetary reform? In short:
    - why doesn't the government take over the exclusive power to create new money (by issuing it into society interest-free)?
    - why don't we remove this power from the banks (who currently create new money as debt), and limit their activities to taking deposits and making loans based on those deposits (with strict liquidity ratios)?
    - why not create a new  international currency to replace the current international trade reliance on, and battles with, the U.S. dollar?" Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Politics   |   Email to friends   |   Feb 22 2009 5:19:50 PM
  1. TimJames is asking Gordon Brown: "You've warned against protectionsim but how is that possible in democracies? If the people think the best way to protect ..." Show more »"You've warned against protectionsim but how is that possible in democracies? If the people think the best way to protect jobs and businesses is through protectionism, then don't you and other leaders have a duty to give them what they want? I know you might be right but it's a dilemma, isn't it?" Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Politics   |   Email to friends   |   Jan 30 2009 11:08:16 AM
  1. keithwhu is asking Gordon Brown: "This question is being asked by igoralcyon: Could it be theoretically possible to create a statistical tool that will establish the number of casualties caused by modern capitalism as a political system..." Show more »"This question is being asked by igoralcyon:

    Could it be theoretically possible to create a statistical tool that will establish the number of casualties caused by modern capitalism as a political system as it has been roughly done for totalitarian communism ?
    Or more precisely, could it be theoretically possible to establish the number of casualties that could have been avoided if the best solutions had been implemented toward, for example, the trade of weapons and the international management of world common goods since, say, 1945 ?    " Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Politics   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 06 2009 9:29:37 AM
  1. Sadbog74 is asking Gordon Brown: "It is fantastic that an opportunity and popular interest for genuine global unity, particularly global financial institutions, is beginning to arise. My qualm is that we have to ensure that any global..." Show more »"It is fantastic that an opportunity and popular interest for genuine global unity, particularly global financial institutions, is beginning to arise. My qualm is that we have to ensure that any global institutions created, are truly democratic, and create an equal voice for every nation in the world. These institutions must be governed by democracy, not economic ideology or orthodoxy, if they are to be truly pragmatic and successful in running the global economy for all nations well. Current global institutions such as the IMF and World Bank are not democratic, and thus dont meet the needs of a changing dynamic world. They are governed by laissez-faire orthodoxy, if they were democratic,they would be governed by the common good of the world and thus be dynamic and pragmatic in their policy making. But we need more than just a global welfare system to help countries economies once they've collapse. We need a democratic global financial institution that helps prevent countries from getting into economic jeopardy in the first place. And this is also an opportunity to create democratic global institutions to deal with climate change, poverty and all other international problems, like you say. Angela Merkel suggests creating a U.N. economic council, like the existing partly democratic U.N. security council. What ever global institutions get created, they must be genuinely democratic, so that every member state has an equal vote and voice, in order for these global institutions to serve the interests of individual nations and the entire world." Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Politics   |   Email to friends   |   Jan 30 2009 5:38:04 PM
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  1. jessica is asking Gordon Brown: "why has the world development movement been denied access to the G20 summit??? Now is a chance for a new begginning NOT to plaster over the chasms of an deeply flawed unfair enviromentally damaging sy..." Show more »"why has the world development movement been denied access to the G20 summit??? Now is a chance for a new begginning NOT to plaster over the chasms of an deeply flawed unfair enviromentally damaging system." Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Poverty   |   Email to friends   |   Apr 05 2009 8:47:13 AM
  1. keyboardmum is asking Gordon Brown: "Why has no good reason yet been given for withdrawing the accreditation of both World Development Movement and War on Want at the eleventh hour, thereby banning them from the G20 summit, and why have ..." Show more »"Why has no good reason yet been given for withdrawing the accreditation of both World Development Movement and War on Want at the eleventh hour, thereby banning them from the G20 summit, and why have other similar questions to mine remained unanswered? Does this government wish to appear to be one which bans dissident voices? Is that an image that will help you at the next election, Mr Brown?" Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: World Affairs   |   Email to friends   |   Apr 04 2009 4:31:01 PM
  1. JULIAM is asking Gordon Brown: "WHY HAVE YOU DISALLOWED ENTRY OF THE WORLD DEVELOPMENT MOVEMENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE G20 SUMMIT. EVEN IN THESE HARSH TIMES WE WOULD BE A BANKRUPT SOCIETY INDEED IF WE IGNORE THE NEEDS OF THE WORLD'S..." Show more »"WHY HAVE YOU DISALLOWED ENTRY OF THE WORLD DEVELOPMENT MOVEMENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE G20 SUMMIT.
    EVEN IN THESE HARSH TIMES WE WOULD BE A BANKRUPT SOCIETY INDEED IF WE IGNORE THE NEEDS OF THE WORLD'S POOR AND EVEN WORSE IF WE DENY DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION" Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: World Affairs   |   Email to friends   |   Apr 04 2009 1:00:46 AM
  1. gabriele is asking Gordon Brown: "Why was the accredited member of the World Development Movement excluded from the G20 meeting?"
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: World Affairs   |   Email to friends   |   Apr 03 2009 7:42:44 PM
  1. ecantrell is asking Gordon Brown: "I am very distressed that WDM's Director Benedict Southworth was not permitted at the last minute to attend the G20 summit, at the apparent insistence of yourself.  It is imperative that as a free and..." Show more »"I am very distressed that WDM's Director Benedict Southworth was not permitted at the last minute to attend the G20 summit, at the apparent insistence of yourself.  It is imperative that as a free and democratic society we are able to hear alternative voices.  WDM is a well-regarded organisation with many members who I know will be vey disappointed to hear of this decision.  If free comment is not to be allowed and peaceful protest crushed young people will feel increasingly disengaged.  At a time of great turmoil the British people, and young people in particular must be able to feel they can be part of the solution.   In seems so many opportunities for young people to express themselves have been squashed around the pivotal G20 summit.  I work with students at University of East london who were very disappointed that the alternative summit was cancelled at the last minute and they could have no chance to discuss for themselves the critical international issues being negotiated a stone's throw from their own communities.  Many passionate and politically engaged young people were part of the peaceful climate climate protest that was aggressively quashed yesterday.
    I look forward to your feedback
    " Show less »
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  3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Politics   |   Email to friends   |   Apr 03 2009 5:16:42 PM
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