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Article: Gordon Brown: a pastor takes power: the new Prime Minister tends a fragmenting Britain with a neo-liberal gospel.
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- Arena Magazine
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- August 1, 2007
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Gordon Brown's entry to No. 10 Downing Street ends one of the strangest episodes in modern European politics. For over three months, the United Kingdom was without true political leadership. Tony Blair indulged in a prolonged farewell performance, with the intention of fixing his memory in international affairs as well as in Britain. Brown, his designated heir, passed the same period in characteristic silence. Recently, however, much stronger indications of his style of leadership and intentions have emerged.
A UK general election is not due until late 2008 or 2009, but we now have some clues about the intervening period. Great Britain is in very serious trouble. ...