PM GORDON BROWN SAYS FINANCIAL CRISIS “STARTED IN AMERICA”
WILL PRIME MINISTER BROWN REPEAT HIS THREE LITTLE WORDS IN USA?
Commenting on Gordon Brown’s visit to America today (Wednesday) for a pre-meeting with the G20 government leaders, SNP Treasury spokesperson Stewart Hosie MP, challenged Gordon Brown to repeat his claim that the current financial crisis started in America.
In his previous visit to the United States the words were notably missing from any announcements or speeches by the Prime Minister.
Mr Hosie said:
“It was quite striking that when the Prime Minister visited the United States a few weeks ago that his oft-quoted phrase that the financial crisis ‘started in America’ was notably missing.
“Perhaps he thinks the American people and media don’t notice these things and he thinks he can pull the wool over their eyes by saying one thing this side of the Atlantic and another in the United States.
“It’s the same contradictory message he is sending to Scotland. One minute he is boasting about emulating Barack Obama’s economic stimulus for America when the real fact is that he is planning to cut a billion pounds in Scottish public spending.”
MORE INFORMATION ON THE NEWS RELEASE.
Examples of Gordon Brown blaming the financial crisis on America.
1. “The global credit problem that started in America is now the most immediate challenge for every economy and addressing it the most immediate priority.”
Gordon Brown's New Year message, 30 December 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_
2. "What can we do to help people who are worried about the impact of what is a global credit crunch, that people understand started in America and is impacting on Britain?"
Gordon Brown, Tuesday April 15, 2008
http://news.sky.com/skynews/
3. “Gordon Brown blames it on the US of A”
From a post by Jim Pickard of the Financial Times on November 12, 2008
http://blogs.ft.com/
“That is why, when threatened by the global financial turmoil that started in America and has now spread across the world, we in Britain took action to secure our banks and financial system…”
The Times, October 10, 2008
“You know, it started in America, there was a lot of irresponsible lending taking place.”
BBC, October 26 2008
“This problem started in America. They have got to sort it out. The Americans have a responsibility to the rest of the world.”
Sky News, October 1 2008.
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