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Posted online: Saturday , February 09, 2008 at 03:23:12
Updated: Saturday , February 09, 2008 at 03:41:10


London, February 9: Prime Minister Gordon Brown has asked the British youths to acquire ‘new training’ to head off challenges from fast-growing economies like India and China for the world's leading jobs.

"Good global jobs are going to be created, the opportunities for social mobility are there in a greater way than at any time since 1945," he said addressing British and German academics at the International Institute for Strategic Studies on Friday.

"But the young people needed new training if Britain is to head off the challenge from China, India and other fast-growing economies for the world's leading jobs."

The UK's big challenges include security, climate change and dealing with the power of the internet, but helping everyone to ‘unlock their potential to the full’ is key, he said.

The Prime Minister called on Britons to seize a larger share of the world's top jobs, promising a surge in employment training and education.

"We used to talk about national economies in terms of there being limited room at the top and therefore the opportunity for social mobility was itself limited. In a global economy there's no limit to the national room at the top. We can build in our countries a higher aspiration culture. The opportunity revolution is one that is unlocking all of the potential of all of the people," Brown said.

His speech and question and answer session coincided with the publication of a major new report into the key long-term strategic challenges for the country.

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C'mon Brit Kids..Get ready for new racial bias trainging by Gordon Brown on 11 Feb 2008

Common Brits. Learn new and creative techniques to practise self proclaiming supremacy against Indians and Chinese. New rules of game needs to be imbibed to practise new violations of human rights, racial abuse and denigration of lives from Asia.

Immigration worries in U. K. by Satya on 11 Feb 2008

Lot of talk about environmental asylum seekers/ immigrants to U. K. from India, but long does it take for U. K. to drown or roast after India drowns or roasts. The politicians, unlike the Geologists do not know we are all under one roof/ sky.

Tantalizing prospects--- by romesh.sharma on 10 Feb 2008

Mr.Brown's call to train and educate Britons and Europeans to counter India and China is a slept over dream.The Brtons or Germans have missed the train and now have to wait long to catch the other one which again will remain behind because they are moving on the same track.It may happen but only after few generations.Britons and Germans have one thing in common and that is iferiority complex causing deep rooted jealousy against newly developing nations.Britons got this complex because they were/are habitual of easy and luxurious life through treachrous policies and use of force on the poor under-developed countries.They amassed riches through wars and suppression but not hard-work at home.Today the world is different and the rest of world has gone far intelligent to understand malicious acts.The Germans had started many wars within Europe but lost all and were(even now)seen low and treated like pariah.All these years,after WW-II they were trying to integrate and find some kind of respectable place in the European union.Unbelieveable money they spent through many projects to get that status but still the dream not fillfilled.They got labour from many countries to rebuild war torned country and then the most money was invested by the USA,GB,France and some other nations.To keep the mouth shut of own people and to show that they were too humanitarians the social system was examplary good but that made Germans lethargic and dependant on foreign labour.Though the education is cheap,practically free for schooling,people had no interest and the education system remained below normal standards.They too,new and sudden rich,could digest easy money and slept all these years.They too at times talk too big but these are only talks.Mr. Brown can be sure that These two Nations in the European Union will suffer the most and will be looking for foreign skilled people.Expansion of EU to the Eastern Europe won't help either,who themselves are looking for help.Moreover with the spirit the Britons and Germans work is robotic and not with deep and sincere concern to the job they are entrusted.Chinese and Indians,with very few exceptions,treat their job/responsibility as moral pledge and take it personal.

RgihT by Hindustani on 10 Feb 2008

GOOD THOUGHT! ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!WHAT GODES OUT WILL COME AROUND!

Its Over by Hindustani on 09 Feb 2008

Today most of the British youths are drug addicts and are spoiled child. These supreme race as they call it is over once the European Union takes over.

Brits by RAmesh on 09 Feb 2008

Brits first improve your HUMAN right act in whole world .Stop acting as a one the state of USA.Your Ex PM behaved like foregin minister of Mr Bush Govt before Iraq war .Stop this nonsense or else you are going to be in big trouble

FOUND OUT MOTHER ...VERY LUCKY? by Girish Bhardwaj on 09 Feb 2008

We have ABHIMANYU"S with us but where from you will found mother's womb to give birth? You bloody Britishers......

Training for British youth by megh on 09 Feb 2008

Yea, the british youth need to get trained... they need to improve their IQ levels too... if they think Gandhi was a myth, they certainly need education beyond the " white doctrines" of supremacy and british imperialism.

INDIANS MUST BE PROUD by Dil Hain Hindustani on 09 Feb 2008

Indians must be proud that our once-upon-a-time invaders are learning from us regarding economic growth

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