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Article: Taking shape; Gordon Brown's foreign policy.(The prime minister's view of the world)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- November 17, 2007
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The prime minister's developing view of the world
IT IS hard to guess which discomfited Gordon Brown more about his Mansion House speech on November 12th--his formal attire (as chancellor, he eschewed white tie and tails for a lounge suit) or the subject of his address. Foreign affairs, the traditional theme of this annual speech by the prime minister, stirs Mr Brown less than it did his predecessor. Indeed, it was his first big pronouncement on the matter since he replaced Tony Blair in June.
And it was not without its successes. For one, it reaffirmed Mr Brown's Atlanticist credentials at a time when many were wondering whether his vaunted affinity ...