Britain’s Next Prime Minister – But for How Long?
This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
The next prime minister of Britain was in New York yesterday, addressing the Clinton Global Initiative. When asked where Gordon Brown was speaking, the woman on the desk answered, “Poverty. Second floor,” which is hardly doing him justice. As the longest serving Chancellor of the Exchequer since 1832, Mr. Brown has transformed the British economy, ironing out its peaks and troughs, boosting the value of the pound, and allowing the British people 10 uninterrupted years of unprecedented prosperity.
Not that Mr. Brown was much interested in wealthy Westerners yesterday. He was back on the road relaying his shtick on how the rich nations, through public and private partnerships, can encourage entrepreneurship among the poor, mostly African nations and head off disasters. Like Tony Blair, Mr. Brown has a naturally eloquent speaking style, in a soft Lowlands Scottish brogue, and a clear and convincing command of facts and arguments that makes him eminently persuasive.
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