1.0 link 150549 <![CDATA[Gordon Brown On Defensive Over Economic Strategy]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/12/gordon-brown-on-defensive_n_150549.html Gordon Brown has been thrown on to the defensive over his economic strategy as his political opponents exploit a blistering German attack on his borrowing spree.

A furious Prime Minister hit back at Peer Steinbrück, Germany's Finance Minister, who accused him of making a spectacular U-turn since his years as a prudent chancellor by adopting a "crass" and "breathtaking" policy of "tossing around billions".

Mr Brown replied that refusing to take action to stimulate the world's economies would mean "failing in the...

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