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02
May 2006
Angelina
Jolie Backs Brown As
Next PM
Hollywood
star Angelina
Jolie
gave her backing to a
Gordon Brown premiership
as she heaped praise on
the Chancellor for his
role in a global
education
campaign.
The
30-year-old actress
spoke of her admiration
for Mr Brown's
commitment to providing
an education for every
child in the world and
added she hoped he would
have the chance to do
more in the
future.
She
was speaking from
Namibia, south west
Africa, during a
conference call with the
media to publicise the
Global Campaign for
Education to meet the
Millennium Development
Goal of getting every
child into school by
2015.
"He
is somebody that I like
very much and I hope he
does have the chance to
do more and more good
things. I think he
certainly will if he has
the chance, so yes,
personally, I would like
to see it," Ms Jolie
said in a response to a
question about whether
Mr Brown would make a
good Prime
Minister.
Earlier,
she said she had been
thrilled by Mr Brown's
announcement of an extra
15 billion dollars
(£8.5 billion) over
the next ten years
towards the goal of
universal free
education.
She
said this move had given
"so much momentum" to
the campaign.
In
response, Mr Brown said
pregnant Ms Jolie, who
has travelled widely as
a United Nations High
Commissioner for
Refugees goodwill
ambassador, had shown
"inspirational
leadership" and wished
her well for the birth
of her child.
Campaigners
estimate there are 100
million children
worldwide who do not go
to school. An extra 15
million more teachers
will be needed to fill
this gap in order for
class sizes to be
brought down to around
40 children per class,
according to the
campaign.
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