Brown wants to breathe new life into bodies such as these, essentially through the reiteration and rejigging of founding principles. The trick is how to get there and how to maintain the global order that continues to break down as powerful nations continue to dominate the weak. He recognises that what has happened until now, and is likely to happen again without clear boundaries, is global elites agreeing how to balance their power. The power of these elites has become widely recognised in recent years as enormous multinational bodies (eg big tech, big oil, big pharma, big defence) control elected representatives. Gordon Brown needs to reread a bit of Noam Chomsky and give his head a wobble.

Source: The Guardian January 26, 2026 17:09 UTC