British Prime Minister Brown says there'll be no government spending splurge, while British finance minister Darling wants the safety net for savings increased. Former U.S. Fed chairman Greenspan calls the financial crisis earlier this year an "accident waiting to happen". British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday (October 1) there would be no government spending splurge as speculation grows that he will soon call a snap general election. In a speech at the Reuters headquarters in London alongside former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and British finance minister Alistair Darling, Brown said his government would not relax its fiscal discipline for any short-term gain. "There will be no irresponsible relaxation of pay discipline in the public sector, no unfunded spending commitments, no unaffordable promises, no short-term giveaways," Brown said. "A responsible government demands that stability will be our determination first and foremost yesterday today and...