Brown warns against ‘pessimism’
The economic crisis should be treated as “the difficult birth-pangs of a new global order”, with new rules introduced on trade, Gordon Brown says.
The prime minister set out a series of actions designed to “replace fear with confidence” and warned against just “muddling through as pessimists”.
During a speech defending his handling of the crisis he also warned against the “deglobalisation threat”.
His speech came as a poll suggested the Tory lead had grown to 15% over Labour.
The UK is now officially in recession for the first time since 1991, with many businesses blaming difficulties in obtaining loans for the crisis.
