PM Won't Rule Out Brit Role In Iran

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PM Won't Rule Out Brit Role In Iran

Gordon Brown has refused to rule out British participation in any future military attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Prime Minister talks to BoultonBut in an exclusive interview with Sky News, the Prime Minister said diplomatic efforts in Iran were making progress.

In the wide-ranging interview he speaks of his alleged feud with David Cameron - and what he meant when he pledged "British jobs for British workers".

Having ducked a General Election, Gordon Brown now has a lot more time to set out a long-term strategy for Britain.

For him, the big thrust of the Queen's speech was preparing the workforce for the 21st century.

He pledged government funds to more than double the number of technical apprenticeships available to some 400,000 and to establish vocational qualifications of equal worth to academic A-levels.

That is why he ended his week travelling to the Midlands, to meet apprentices at BMW's Hams Hall plant in Warwickshire.

Here they construct engines for the BMW 3 series and Minis - the new Mini Clubman is launched this weekend.

The government is priming the pump, but what about Mr Brown's personal promise of "British jobs for British workers"?

David Cameron said he had stolen the phrase from the BNP, and senior Labour MPs have dismissed it as 'meaningless'.

Mr Brown told me that he knows employers can not discriminate in favour of British workers.

However, the government is doing all it can to make sure that the 600,000 Britons currently without jobs, are given much more active consideration before someone from outside gets the job.

In his interview, Mr Brown was frank that an economically difficult period is upon us, where there will be a real challenge to keep up employment.

Political Editor Adam BoultonHe said the robustness of the British economy so far had helped us ride out choppy waters but, while fully supporting the Chancellor and the Governor of the Bank of England, he refused to confirm whether Governor Mervyn King will be appointed for a second term next year.

For the first time as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown will make the annual foreign policy speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet on Monday.

Mr Brown told me that "a new generation of leaders" - himself, Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Nicolas Sarkosy - are ready to work with the Americans to modernise international institutions, from the United Nations to the International Monetary Fund.

He claimed that diplomatic efforts to halt Iran's nuclear programme were doing better than many people think.

But he declined to rule out British participation if it should ever come to attacking Iran's nuclear facilities.

And after a season of bruising encounters in the commons chamber, Gordon Brown insists that he does respect David Cameron.

However, he says he believes that policies, not personalities, will decide who wins the next election.

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[goldstategop]

Good turn for Gordon Brown. I'd have expected him to rule out any further cooperation with the Americans. This will leave the moonbats agog.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Dark Wing]

America would be far better off acting alone than having the strings Gordan Brown would have to attach for British military participation in fighting Iran.

[Mac1]

erm...aren’t resources somewhat on the scarce side for this sort of thing...

[UKrepublican]

So they tell us....

[Vanders9]

What strings would they be?