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Gordon Brown
Prime minister 2007-2010
Biography
Labour MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, Gordon Brown became prime minister in 2007 after 10 years as chancellor.
Image: Gordon Brown PA
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Ann Keen
was Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Brentford and Isleworth in the 2010 general election
Interestingly enough...
Nathaniel Rothschild was at the centre of the political storm in 2008 that started with comments Lord Mandelson had made about Gordon Brown - source: The Times
Gordon Brown was called to give evidence by Sir John Chilcot - source: guardian.co.uk
Jack Straw claims he held secret Iraq talks with Gordon Brown - source: guardian.co.uk
Gordon Brown discussed Iraq funding with James Wolfensohn - source: pbs.org
Clare Short has criticised Gordon Brown - source: iraqinquiry.org.uk
Sir Kevin Tebbit has criticised Gordon Brown - source: guardian.co.uk
Baroness Usha Prashar has questioned Gordon Brown - source: iraqinquiry.org.uk
Rose Gentle had a private meeting with Gordon Brown - source: dailyrecord.co.uk
Gordon Brown has criticised Unite the union - source: channel4.com/news
Gordon Brown was friends with Prince Philip - source: thefreelibrary.com
CV
- 1997 - 05
- Labour MP for Dunfermline East - source: TheyWorkForYou
- 1997 - 12
- Gordon Brown became Chancellor in 1997 after Labour won the General Election. - source: The Guardian
- 1997 - 99
- Charlie Whelan was Gordon Brown's press secretary at the Treasury from 1997 to 1999. - source: The Guardian
- 1992 - 97
- Gordon Brown was Shadow Chancellor from 1992 to 1997. - source: The Guardian
- 1990 -
- Secretary of State for International Development and Labour's general election co-ordinator, Douglas Alexander wrote speeches for Gordon Brown in the early 1990s. - source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Alexander
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- Labour MP for Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath from 2005 - source: TheyWorkForYou
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- Gordon Brown became PM and Leader of the Labour Party in June 2007, finally replacing Tony Blair. - source: The Guardian
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- Damian McBride worked as a special advisor to Gordon Brown in Downing Street. - source: The Guardian
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- Sue Nye has worked closely with Gordon Brown for years and is often referred to as his "gatekeeper". - source: Wikipedia The Telegraph
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- The high profile businessman is to be the government's 'enterprise tsar'. - source: dailymail.co.uk
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- At 27, Bundred is the youngest member of Gordon Brown's inner circle. - source: guardian.co.uk/politics
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- Forsyth is one of the few members of Tony Blair's staff to transfer to Gordon Brown. He has brought online promotion such as YouTube and Twitter into the mix. - source: guardian.co.uk/politics
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- Mr Woolas was promoted to Immigration Minister in the Home Office by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2008. - source: http://www.philwoolasmp.org/
Gordon Brown on the web
Education
- Gordon Brown went to Kirkcaldy High School aged ten. His biography on the Downing Street website says he "excelled at sport and joined in every aspect of school life, quickly becoming popular." - source: Downing Street Website
- According to Downing Street, Gordon Brown went to university at 15, making him "one of the youngest students to go to Edinburgh University since the war." He gained a first and won a number of prizes for his studies. In 1972 he became the youngest ever Rector of Edinburgh University. - source: Downing Street Website Edinburgh University
Stories
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Bigotgate and the Brown-Blair rivalry
How Brown's adviser links Duffy to Blair
From Duffy to Brown to Blair: Who Knows Who reveals how a Rochdale pensioner's random election intervention redraws old battle lines at the heart of Labour. Plus analysis from Rory Bremner.
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