'We’re in an endless cycle of despair about the country’s future’ says Rt Hon Gordon Brown

In the video is the talk delivered by the former Labour Prime Minister the Rt Hon Gordon Brown when he delivered the University's annual Harold Wilson Lecture.  His talk was entitled 'The Purpose of Politics' where he said 'we are in an endless cycle of despair about the country's future'.

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