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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Richard Adams

Gordon Brown as role model?

Answering questions during a campaign event today at Merrimack Valley high school in Penacook, New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton was making a point about the usefulness of experience in high office:

Look what happened in Britain. Tony Blair leaves, Gordon Brown takes over and the next thing that happens is a terrorist attack.


Ah, yes but ... given what's happened to Gordon Brown subsequently, that's maybe not the best evidence to boost your own candidacy.

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