Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has welcomed Barack Obama’s election as the 44th President of the United States.  The MP says Obama offers America a new and progressive future after eight years of foreign policy blunders and missed opportunities.

The MP said: “The disastrous war in Iraq alienated many of America’s friends around the world. And her unwillingness to address climate change issues caused despair.”

“This has been a watershed election.  It is no longer business as usual.  With global  recession staring us in the face, the world is looking for great things from Barack Obama.”

The MP added: “What happens in the United States affects us all.  The meltdown in global financial markets can be traced straight back to America’s sub prime mortgage crisis.”