James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007, becoming the longest-serving holder of that office in modern history. Brown has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1983, for Dunfermline East until 2005, and currently for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.
Brown became Prime Minister on 27 June 2007, after the resignation of Tony Blair and three days after becoming Leader of the governing Labour Party. His tenure ended on 11 May 2010, when he resigned as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party. Brown was one of only three people to serve in the Cabinet continuously from Labour's victory in 1997 until its defeat in 2010, the others being Jack Straw and Alistair Darling.
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 First Lord of the Treasury and the Minister for the Civil Service.
Gordon Brown's Better Together speech the day before the Scottish referendum
Gordon Brown - Where Did It All Go Wrong ?
Gordon Brown and "Bigoted Woman" IN FULL - Rochdale 28 April 2010
David Cameron vs Gordon Brown - very entertaining!!
Gordon Brown - Fit For Office ? (14/05/07)
Crash Gordon ( The Financial Crisis)
PMQs: Gordon Brown, I can't answer that! (02Dec09)
Gordon Brown's "Dead man walking" PMQs, David Cameron (03Jun09)
Gordon Brown's best funny bits - Have I Got News For You (13/05/2010)
Gordon Brown on global ethic vs. national interest
Dimbleby interviews Gordon Brown on Scottish independence referendum (16Sept14)
Gordon Brown's eve of poll speech
Gordon Brown resigns as Prime Minister
Gordon Brown 14 Oct 2014
John A. Macdonald: It's Canada! Everything's in the middle of the wilderness!
Plot
In 1992 Labour leader Tony Blair goes to America and is impressed by the policies of President Clinton,which he uses to reshape his party. Two years later he is invited back for an audience with Clinton,who,rightly, predicts that he will be Britain's next Prime Minister.Thus begins the 'special relationship' between the two, though Clinton is clearly the senior partner with Blair seeking his advice on Northern Ireland. The situation in Kosovo however reverses the roles as Blair forces American intervention by a reluctant president and is seen in the American media as the hero of the hour. As Clinton accuses his ally of stabbing him in the back the special relationship starts to sour and,with Clinton ultimately out of the White House,Blair takes his first photo call with the next incumbent,Bush.
Keywords: british-prime-minister
Never underestimate the politics of friendship.
Bill Clinton: This Administration has been born in controversy, national shame and illegality, and it is my bet that that's the way they'll go out.
Jonathan Powell: All political friendship is strategic and conditional.
Tony Blair: You've learned nothing from me, Gordon - absolutely nothing. Because if you had, you would have acquired at least a *hint* of charisma. But then you and charisma have never really been on speaking terms.::Gordon Brown: The public don't want charisma any more - what they want is honesty.::Tony Blair: Instead of which, they get you!
[Tony Blair is reading a newspaper report]::Tony Blair: Oh my God. George is back in rehab.::Cherie Blair: George?::Tony Blair: Bush. George Bush. Oh God, he was found comatose on his ranch.::Cherie Blair: [drily] I'm surprised anyone noticed.::Tony Blair: He's my friend. All right? George is my friend. We went through hell together.::Cherie Blair: Oh, I thought you sent other people to do that.
[Now led by Gordon Brown, Labour have just won a fourth term in office - but with an absurdly small majority. Gordon rings Tony.]::Tony Blair: Gordon, my congratulations.::Gordon Brown: I am heading for a majority of two, for God's sake. Two!::Tony Blair: Well a majority's a majority.::Gordon Brown: It's going to be a bloody disaster.::Tony Blair: It's the historic fourth term, Gordon.::Gordon Brown: You are electoral death!::Tony Blair: I don't think you can blame *me* for what you call your ludicrously small majority.::Gordon Brown: You've held onto power for far too long, Tony.::Tony Blair: Oh really? Well quite frankly if I'd packed it in sooner you'd only have had more time to balls it up, wouldn't you?
[Tony is meeting the publisher of his memoirs who is very critical of the book and recommends a lot of changes to it.]::Publisher: I think the chapters on the Iraq War could be trimmed - the book would benefit and sales would benefit.::Tony Blair: You will not cut a word of those chapters. I did not take this country to war in order to be popular.::Publisher: [drily] Well you certainly succeeded there.::Tony Blair: [pauses for thought] I took this country to war because it was the right thing to do. It was the right thing for Britain and one day history will judge me. And it'll be the liberal journalists, the sneering intellectuals, the appeasers, the bloodless, spineless chattering classes of which you are obviously a member, those will be the ones found wanting, those'll be the ones in the dock of history, not me. Because if I'd listened to all the *moral* cowards, like you, then that murdering bastard Saddam Hussain would still be in power. So cut one word from those memoirs and, so help me, I'll take it away from you.::Publisher: Then you won't mind if it's so laughable and ridiculous and poorly-written that no-one wants to read it.
Cherie Blair: Here's that RCI information I was telling you about.::Tony Blair: RCI?::Cherie Blair: Rite of Christian Initiation.::Tony Blair: But I *am* Christian!::Cherie Blair: No, you're Church of England.
[Discussing Blair's autobiography]::Publisher: You 'feel the hand of God on your shoulder' no less than 29 times!::Tony Blair: Oh yes...::[He laughs]::Tony Blair: ...it was a bit more than that, actually.
[Barrie is reversing into a parking space between two Jaguars outside Downing Street]::Barrie Williams: I hope I don't hit your boss's car. Which one's his?::Tracey Temple: Both.
[after the Christmas party at which the affair between Tracey Temple and John Prescott began]::Tracey Temple: [voiceover] As far as Christmas parties go, the way I see it like this: if you don't regret *any* of it, then you clearly haven't had a good time!
[after making love with John Prescott for the first time]::Tracey Temple: [voiceover] Some people think that sleeping with the boss is a stupid idea, but I like to consider myself more open-minded than most. Sure, it has its risks. But it also has its rewards. The way I see it is like this: if you don't try something new every once in a while, how will you know whether you'll enjoy it?
[Julie Jones has just burst into John Prescott's office and caught Tracey Temple sitting on his lap; now the two women are discussing it in the smoking room]::Julie Jones: What did you think you were doing?::Tracey Temple: He flirts... and I reciprocate. That's all it was.::Julie Jones: Tracey, you were on his lap.::Tracey Temple: He was upset and I wanted to make him feel...::Julie Jones: ...Horny?::Tracey Temple: ...Better. You know what we're like - we're both very tactile people. There's nothing going on between us. I mean, it's Prescott - would you?::Julie Jones: [primly] Physically, I'd find it difficult. But if power and oafish charm were my aphrodisiac...
[John Prescott has invited Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to his flat for a dinner party]::John Prescott: What's the matter, Gordon?::Gordon Brown: Sorry. Would you mind. Could I get another chair.::John Prescott: What's wrong with it?::Gordon Brown: It's too low.::John Prescott: Right, try this one, Gordon.::John Prescott: Tony, are you too high or too low?::Tony Blair: Gordon's always looked down on me - I wouldn't want to change that!
[At John Prescott's dinner party, Gordon Brown has been relentlessly pressing Tony Blair all evening to name the date when he will resign as Prime Minister. They are now at Prescott's front door, about to go home]::Tony Blair: Gordon, why don't you take the first lift. I'll be five minutes.::Gordon Brown: How can I be sure you'll go when you say you will?::Tony Blair: You know something, Gordon, these jokes are just tiring after a while.
Gordon Brown's Better Together speech the day before the Scottish referendum
Gordon Brown - Where Did It All Go Wrong ?
Gordon Brown and "Bigoted Woman" IN FULL - Rochdale 28 April 2010
David Cameron vs Gordon Brown - very entertaining!!
Gordon Brown - Fit For Office ? (14/05/07)
Crash Gordon ( The Financial Crisis)
PMQs: Gordon Brown, I can't answer that! (02Dec09)
Gordon Brown's "Dead man walking" PMQs, David Cameron (03Jun09)
Gordon Brown's best funny bits - Have I Got News For You (13/05/2010)
Gordon Brown on global ethic vs. national interest
Dimbleby interviews Gordon Brown on Scottish independence referendum (16Sept14)
Gordon Brown's eve of poll speech
Gordon Brown resigns as Prime Minister
Gordon Brown 14 Oct 2014
Gordon Brown on looming Scottish independence vote (07Sept14)
Part 1 Of 5 Piers Morgan s Life Stories Gordon Brown www keepvid com
Gordon Brown at INET's Bretton Woods Conference 2011
Gordon Brown Launches Big Bribe timetable at Loanhead
Gordon Brown parliament speech on hacking, part1/3 (13July11)
Gordon Brown accused of using North Sea oil as 'cash cow' by SNP
Gordon Brown describes voter as bigot - Live interview with Jeremy Vine
Emotional Gordon Brown: "Thank you & goodbye"
Gordon Brown's speech to Citizens UK
Gordon Brown: Wiring a web for global good
TEDxYouth@Brissie -Benjamin Law- Why gay rights affect straight folks
TEDxBoulder - Peter McGraw - What Makes Things Funny
Naheed Nenshi at TEDxCalgary
Compassion and Kinship: Fr Gregory Boyle at TEDxConejo 2012
TEDxMaastricht - Simon Sinek - "First why and then trust"
TEDxMaastricht - Fred Lee - "Patient Satisfaction or Patient Experience ?"
TEDxMaastricht - Pieter Kubben - "From medical knowledge to practical healthcare"
TED TALKS (Oxbridge) - Shizzio gives speech at Oxford university 4/6/11
Salmaan Sana "Compassion for Care"
TEDxThessaloniki - Paul Lewis - Citizen Journalism
TEDxBoulder - Grant Blakeman - Minimalism - For a More Full Life
TEDxRiverCity - Robert Stickgold - Sleep, Memory and Dreams: Fitting the Pieces Together
Liberating Your Laughter: Laughter Yoga Atlanta at TEDxCPW
TEDxMaastricht - Lawrence Sherman - "Turning medical education inside out and upside down"
Derren Brown Talks About Being Gay - Alan Carr Chatty Man
Rory Bremner's one-man world summit
TEDxMaastricht - Jan Gunnarsson - "Hostmanship: the art of making people feel welcome"
TedxBoulder - James Brew - The Value of Energy Efficiency
TEDxMaastricht - Ragna van den Berg - "This is your captain speaking"
TEDxMaastricht - Tim Hurson - "The shock of the possible"
TEDxBoulder - Andrew Currie - Protecting Endangered Species for Future Generations
Gordon Brown - The Last Gasps
Gordon Brown's comical interview ending (30Sept09)
Gordon Brown interviewed by Andrew Marr, part1of4 (03Jan10)
Gordon Brown Interview - Election 1992
Gordon Brown interview: Scots being offered 'home rule within UK' | Channel 4 News
Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister
Gordon Brown Finally Speaks The Truth: Interview With Andrew Marr
Gordon Brown apologies for 'bigoted woman' comment on Jeremy Vine show
Gordon Brown vs Fern Britton - This Morning (part1)
Gordon Brown in an interview strop (30Sept09)
Radio 1 meets Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown's sinking interview, part1/3 (18Apr10)
Gordon Brown, 100 days before Scottish independence vote (09Jun14)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown Address to Congress
Scotland should lead the UK not leave it, says Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown - The Future of Jobs and Justice
Gordon Brown's speech to Labour Conference
Dispatches Gordon Brown Where Did It All Go Wrong
The Romanes Lecture - 2009 - Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown - Leader of the Labour Party
Gordon Brown LEVESON INQUIRY
Gordon Brown visits Coventry University to discuss the financial crisis
Gordon Brown MP: Donald Dewar Memorial Lecture
A Conversation with Gordon Brown at NYU
Gordon Brown's speech to Labour's Manchester Rally
Max Keiser and Ian Fraser on Gordon Brown´s sold gold ep313 — RT.
Speech of Gordon Brown at the Global Progress Conference
Landless Peasants vs Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown - A common purpose for the age of ambition
'Learning From Malala': Gordon Brown & Ziauddin Yousafzai in conversation
Labour's Gordon Brown speaks to the National Policy Forum
Synopsis | What Went Wrong, Gordon Brown?: How The Dream Job Turned Sour
The Economics of Prosperity with Digby, Lord Jones
Gordon Brown proposes security plan for schools in Pakistan
Adade In Trouble - XL Entertainment
Lost Horizon Five Nights of Darkrp Ep 1 - 1 / 2
Lost Horizon Five Nights of Darkrp Ep 1 - 2 / 2
Cheltenham Festival - 3 weeks to go
Synopsis | Business Law With Ucc Applications By Gordon W Brown
Book Review | The Ballad Repertoire Of Anna Gordon, Mrs Brown Of Falkland
Gordon Brown proposes security plan for schools in Pakistan - Voice Of Battagram
Donnie Sutherland Ch 7 Sounds interviews Gordon Brown CH 7 WATW set designer
GORDON BROWN & the WOMAN who SECRETLY adores Him & Her Younger Brother!
Lost Horizon Streaming lucius - 1 / 11
Lost Horizon Streaming lucius - 4 / 11
Lost Horizon Streaming lucius - 5 / 11
Gordon Brown promises more Scottish powers if Labour win election
Scotland Tonight: Gordon Brown's General Election pledge
More powers? More Vows? Gordon Brown - the man who'll promise anything - he's leaving!!
Gordon Brown on Labour plans for Scotland (02Feb15)
"Gordon Brown saved the Union!" proclaim QT panellists. For what? This lot?
Peter Mandelson, history to treat Gordon Brown well (01Dec14)
Gordon Brown to announce he will stand down as MP at general election
Scotland Tonight: Gordon Brown to stand down