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James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1983, currently for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. He served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. Brown became Prime Minister in June 2007, after the resignation of Tony Blair and three days after becoming leader of the governing Labour Party. Immediately before this, he had served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007. His tenure ended in May 2010, when he resigned as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party.
Brown has a PhD in History from the University of Edinburgh and spent his early career working as a lecturer at a further education college and a television journalist. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1983; first for Dunfermline East and since 2005 for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. As Prime Minister, he also held the offices of ... » Read more on Wikipedia.org

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 Sarah Brown fined for using Docklands Light Railway without swiping her Oyster ...
2013-05-07
Travel woe: Sarah Brown, pictured with husband Gordon. Getty. Gordon Brown's wife Sarah has revealed she was fined today for using a train without swiping her electronic travel card. Mrs Brown, 49, tweeted she made “an honest error” but was ...
(Mirror.co.uk)
  1. Sarah Brown complains at £80 TfL fine for not swiping in her Oyster card
  2. Sarah Brown 'hugely upset' after being hit with an £80 fine for not swiping ...
  3. Ex PM's wife claims she's not a fare dodger after failing to swipe Oyster card
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 'Order, order…please!' Rowdy David Cameron just half as polite as Gordon ...
2013-05-01
Despite his PR gloss, David Cameron is not a polite Prime Minister, as a Manchester linguistics study shows his predecessor Gordon Brown was regularly more genial. Often lambasted for his poor public performances, Brown was consistently polite during ...
(Mancunian Matters)
  1. PM 'less polite' than Brown at PMQs
  2. PMQs more 'please and thank you' than 'Punch and Judy'
  3. David Cameron 'less polite than Gordon Brown' at PMQs
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 Ed Miliband wins over angry man on the dole after insults on immigration
2013-04-30
But at the end of a five minute encounter over a telephone exchange box in the high street they shook hands and parted as friends. Here is the transcript of their exchange which shows: • Miliband is no Gordon Brown. The former prime minister had his ...
(The Guardian)
  1. Milishambles Part II! Less than 24 hours after dodging question 10 times, Ed ...
  2. 'Don't bank on Labour election win', GTMC told
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 Scottish Actor Surprised At Ryan Gosling's Niceness: 'I Expected Him To Be AK**b'
2013-04-29
When Scottish actor Gordon Brown (not to be confused with our former PM!) worked with the Drive star on his latest film, he thought that he might be a bit up himself - but was soon proved wrong! Brown, who hails from Stirling, was in Thailand filming ...
(Entertainmentwise)
  1. Ryan was star helping charity for my Eilidh
  2. Ryan Gosling stars in violent new clips from Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God ...
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2013-04-24
Peter Dawson. THE chief executive of the Royal and Ancient at St Andrews has slammed Gordon Brown for telling his club to admit women golfers as members. Peter Dawson branded the former prime minister a political opportunist over his attack on the R&A ...
(Scottish Daily Record)
  1. R&A refuses to 'bully' male-only Open venues over enforcing sexual equality
  2. 'There are times when men need to socialise with men,' says R&A chief executive
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 Elevation of Lord Jock Stirrup a snub to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown
2013-04-23
Lord Stirrup's elevation was an implied snub to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. While every Prime Minister from Winston Churchill to John Major was admitted to the Order, the two most recent former PMs have been passed over. It was not meant to be open to ...
(The Independent)
  1. Tony Blair snubbed again as Knight of the Garter
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 Thank you, Gordon Brown
2013-04-18
The arrangements were drawn up under, and to some extent by, New Labour - under Tony Blair and, especially, Gordon Brown. I've been critical of Brown for not attending the Commons for the Thatcher tributes - he's the only former Prime Minister entitled ...
(Conservative Home (blog))
  1. Thousands pay respects to Britain's first female PM
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 Awkward! Tony Blair and Gordon Brown look uncomfortable at Margaret ...
2013-04-17
TONY BLAIR looked less than comfortable having to sit next to Gordon Brown at Margaret Thatcher's funeral today. Published: Wed, April 17, 2013. Tweet · 0 Comments. Former-Prime-Minister-Tony-Blair-sat-next-to- Former Prime Minister Tony Blair sat next ...
(Express.co.uk)
  1. PIC: AWKWARD-LOOKING TONY BLAIR SITS NEXT TO GORDON BROWN AT ...
  2. Funeral takes place for former PM Margaret Thatcher
  3. Britain farewells Iron Lady - Sydney Morning Herald
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 Vegreville drug bust leads to 13 charges against Gordon Brown, 57
2013-04-16
Gordon Brown, a 57-year old Vegreville man, is facing 13 charges after police raided a home in an alleged Vegreville drug bust during the early morning hours of Sunday. Cst. Curtis Harsulla of the Vegreville RCMP says police were acting on a tip about ...
(Beacon News (blog))
  1. Tip leads to RCMP uncovering meth lab in Vegreville
  2. Vegreville RCMP seize drugs, cash
  3. Vegreville man charged with manufacturing crystal meth
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