Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown MP (born 20 February 1951) is leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Brown assumed office in June 2007, after the resignation of Tony Blair and three days after becoming leader of the governing Labour Party. Before this, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour government from 1997 to 2007 under Blair. Brown has a PhD in history from the University of Edinburgh and... read more
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Hugh Muir's diary
From The Observer Dated 3 February 2012 Labour's spads remembered good times and bad. Then Alastair Campbell spoke – and they remembered the fear• When Labour's special advisers (spads) met for a reunion in the shadow of Big Ben, they knew it would be eventful. And it...
Did This UK Opposition Politician Use A Column To Attack His Own Party's Leader — Who Is Also His Brother?
From The Business Insider Dated 2 February 2012 We're always fascinated by the relationship between Ed Miliband, the Labour party leader in the UK, and David Miliband. David was seen by many to be the natural successor to Gordon Brown — a handsome, statesman-like guy. On the other hand,...
SHREDDING FRED...
From Biased BBC Dated 1 February 2012 Ok, I think it is important to be fair and I have to say that I thought this discussion regarding the de-Knighting of Fred Goodwin was in fact pretty balanced. Michael Fallon was on the defensive and rightly...
Hugh Muir's diary
From The Observer Dated 1 February 2012 He was famously denounced as Mr Bean. But Whitehall still remembers Gordon as Stalin• Given all the cuts in the civil service, one might have thought the big beasts of Whitehall would hanker for a bygone age. But for some,...
Scottish News: Gordon Brown demands that MoD clean up radioactive Fife beach
From The Daily Record Dated 1 February 2012 FORMER prime minister Gordon Brown has accused the Government of trying to get out of cleaning up a radioactive beach.
Worth the risk? UK goes for broke with supercasinos
From The Independent Dated 30 January 2012 An unprecedented expansion in Britain's casino industry is under way, with plans to create a new generation of gambling venues larger than anything seen in this country before. It is estimated that casinos in a dozen towns and cities could...
£21K-a-day David Miliband exploits tax loophole that his Government pledged to close
From The Daily Mail Dated 28 January 2012 The former Foreign Secretary uses an ‘income-shifting’ device that was condemned by Gordon Brown’s administration.
Peter Mandelson has not lost the knack of infuriating his enemies
From The Observer Dated 27 January 2012 The former Labour minister's enduring reputation guarantees that he will always get a tough pressBuried away in Peter Mandelson's memoirs is a wry note of satisfaction that he felt about returning from Brussels to his old Whitehall industry department in...
Gordon Brown: A Global Fund for Education
From The Huffington Post Dated 26 January 2012 It is time for governments around the world to take urgent action on behalf of the millions of children in need of a decent primary education. A Global Fund for Education would be a bold step in the right direction.
Chris Nathaniel: Jay-Z and Ashley Cole's business partner arrested over Danny O'Shea murder
From The Daily Mail Dated 25 January 2012 Chris Nathaniel, 39, who sat in on anti-knife crime meetings with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, was held in connection with the stabbing of 18-year-old Danny O'Shea.
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