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Brown's assembly address: 'His audience recognises him as one of their own'
Gordon Brown can expect a positive reception when he addresses the Church of Scotland's General Assembly tomorrow but it's not that members of the Kirk are immune from concerns about the economy or that they are all natural Labour supporters.It is because his audience recognises him as one of their own. His father was a Church of Scotland minister and the Prime Minister has often spoken of the "moral compass" which his upbringing gave him.
It will not go without comment that his visit comes on the 20th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher's famous Sermon on The Mound in which she sought to persuade the ministers and elders there was a Christian justification for her gospel of wealth creation and individualism. Her very presence at the assembly provoked protests and controversy but Mr Brown need not fear a similar response.
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