Date published: 2007/05/11
The BBC says:
Gordon Brown said he had the "new ideas and vision" to govern Britain as he launched his long-awaited campaign to lead Labour and become prime minister.
He praised Tony Blair and said he wanted to make the UK "one of the great success stories of the new century".
But the launch suffered a hitch with Mr Brown's face obscured on TV coverage of his speech by glass autocues.
Mr Blair earlier endorsed Mr Brown's bid to succeed him as prime minister, saying "he has what it takes".
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Mr Brown ... suggested Britain could get its first written constitution, saying: "We need a constitution that is clear about the rights and responsibilities of being a citizen in Britain today."On Iraq, Mr Brown said: "I accept that mistakes have been made."
He said he would be visiting Britain's troops and "listening to what the government of Iraq says".
So far it's just words. Time will tell whether Brown has anything to contribute as prime minister. The screw-up with the autocue possibly tells us that Brown's spin doctors are not quite so competent as Blair's, or it could tell us that Brown's spin doctors are super-clever to have arranged the autocue so that we are left with the impression that his spin doctors are not quite so competent as Blair's.
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