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FILTER RESULTS ►The Brown handover ceremony
A delicious prospect in store for political observers, if not for the next Labour leader, according to a post by Channel 4's Gary Giboon: "[Gordon Brown] feels, I hear, that it is right that he be seen to say some words before the new leader is unveiled and be seen to hand over the torch. Show More Summary
Spending by any other name
Investment is in the news, not least because of ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's reference to it. While admitting that his relationship with Gordon Brown had been "difficult" (a masterpiece of understatement), he has heaped praise on his...Show More Summary
Former British Army Chief Blasts Blair, Brown for Inadequate War Funding
LONDON: The former head of the British army has strongly criticized former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown for letting British troops down in Iraq and Afghanistan by not adequately funding the two conflict efforts. Retired General Richard Dannatt makes the claim in his new book. While Tony Blair is out promoting his new book, [...]Show More Summary
Who are your top ten prime ministers?
Further evidence of the good sense of the British people. Asked to rank the main post-war Prime Ministers, they placed Margaret Thatcher top and John Major bottom. (Edward Heath and Gordon Brown, who would both surely have ranked below Major, were disqualified on grounds of having served less than five years). Lists compiled by the general [...]
Andy Coulson: Labour makes a good noise, but for no result
Tom Watson’s urgent question provided plenty of good sport. The Gordon Brown heavy and former minister read out the ‘allegations’ raised by the New York Times and Guardian, and dropped in the bit about Tony Blair asking the cops for assurances about his phones for good measure. Alan Johnson picked up the baton with his [...]
George Osborne is right to dump the PBR
Good to come back to some good news. George Osborne has dumped Gordon Brown’s Pre-Budget Report. According to the FT’s p1 news story, it marks “a return to more normal economic policy making”, which is a cheeky way of saying the way Mr Brown did things was downright weird. The PBR was a Brownian wheeze [...]
Richard Dannatt's Convenient Excuses
Let us concede that the MoD has been under-funded and over-stretched in recent years. Let us also concede that Gordon Brown and Tony Blair should have been aware of this and done something about it. But let's also remember that the armed forces' thirst for funds is essentially unquenchable. Show More Summary
Brown, Blair and the British Military
In the Sunday Telegraph there are four articles of note regarding the forthcoming memoirs of General Sir Richard Dannatt that are damning of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. I have always viewed Mr. Blair as the most toadying of politicians on either side of the Atlantic, Mr. Show More Summary
The Labour Leaders Debate
If it seems like the Labour leadership contest has been going on for months that’s because it has been. We’ve been waiting since May for the party to choose a successor to Gordon Brown. But now is the time to get interested. The contest is live. Show More Summary
Former UK PM Joins Web Foundation – But He Really Should Join Twitter
Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, ousted in this year's election, is forming the Gordon and Sarah Brown Foundation, and has accepted three pro-bono appointments all with some connection to the Web. He's joining Queen Rania of Jordan’s Global Campaign for Education. Show More Summary
Pay Gordon to work for free
Gordo’s doing charity work. And he’s keen to highlight that he’s doing it for free: “Each of these positions are pro bono and Mr Brown will not accept any remuneration. He will continue to write on global issues, as he has been doing...Show More Summary
Saint Brown shows up Bully Blair with his charity plans
For someone with "zero emotional intelligence" - as Tony Blair claims in his new book - Gordon Brown's retaliation to his former rival's character assassination has been…
Bono Could Be 'President or Prime Minister' Says Tony Blair
With his memoirs hitting the shelves among a blaze of controversy, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has revealed how much he thought his successor Gordon Brown was a massive failure. So who does he think could have succeeded him? Step...Show More Summary
Brown’s plan for the future
Mr Blair’s former breathless lover will form the fully staffed Gordon and Sarah Brown Foundation, paid for by lucrative speaking engagements, which the Spectator revealed some weeks ago. He has accepted three pro-bono appointments -Show More Summary
Drinking could be good for you say scientists
Gordon Brown may have done Tony Blair a favour by driving him to drink. New research from America suggests that drinkers - even heavy ones - live longer…
Modern British Politics: Gossip
So, what have we found out about politics today? 1. Tony Blair didn't get on with Gordon Brown: No, really? Blair and Brown didn't like each other? Fuck-a-duck that is news, isn't it? Except it actually isn't. Because we've known about...Show More Summary
Blair blasts Brown, still supports wars and economic chaos in new book
Surprise, surprise. The $100 million dollar man who has cashed in working for the banking industry is out there in strong defense of the banking industry. While some of his criticism of Gordon Brown may be fair, Blair has yet to realize that this is no longer 1997 before the economic collapse that ruined the lives of so many people around the world. Show More Summary
'Maddening' Gordon Brown drove Tony Blair to drink
Even his loyal spin doctor Alastair Campbell admitted this morning that he was shocked by one revelation in Tony Blair's memoir - that the pressure on him from…
Tony Blair's memoirs should remind Labour that he was popular while Gordon Brown is already forgotten
Labour’s leadership ballot papers are being posted to Party members in the same week that Tony Blair’s autobiography A Journey is published. These memoirs come hot on the heels of Peter Mandelson’s book The Third Man. Lord Mandelson was in Edinburgh this weekend promoting his book, where – in line with his previously published opinions [...]
Did Bush, Blair Plot vs. Gordon Brown?
Tony Blair and George Bush plotted to have Blair stay on as prime minister because Bush wasn't sold on Gordon Brown, claims the Sunday Telegraph. Labour Party sources tell the Telegraph that Bush's team expressed doubts about Brown after he "harangued" Condi Rice in a private meeting. Rice subsequently “complained...