Synopsis
Dream Not Small Dreams: Speeches 2007–2010 brings together Gordon Brown's major speeches since he became Prime Minister on June 27, 2007. The collection covers a broad range of themes from the defining issues of his premiership—the global economic crisis and climate change—to nuclear proliferation, the Middle East, the UK’s special relationship with the USA, and civil liberties, as well as domestic issues such as citizenship, immigration, and health. Brown's aspirations and ambitions can be clearly identified in the speeches, as he covers domestic and foreign policy and responds to the events that have shaped his period in office so far. The speeches also reveal how the Prime Minster has successfully met the objectives he set himself on his appointment three years ago. Organized thematically, with each chapter containing one or more of the key speeches made by Gordon Brown on the major challenges he has had to confront as Prime Minister, Dream Not Small Dreams is an engrossing and enlightening anthology. Including contributions from a number of distinguished figures such as Barack Obama, Kofi Annan, and Mikhail Gorbachev, it provides an insight into how Gordon Brown is viewed by his international colleagues and the high regard they have for him.