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34 unusual facts about Gordon Brown


2008 Brazilian Grand Prix

Hamilton received official congratulations from Queen Elizabeth II, following similar plaudits from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Opposition Leader David Cameron.

The McLaren driver also received official congratulations from Queen Elizabeth II and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Andrew MacKinlay

According to one report, in May 2007, MacKinlay made the nomination that resulted in Gordon Brown having enough nominations to be certain of not facing a contest over the leadership of the party.

Appointment of Church of England bishops

In July 2007, shortly after taking office as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown released a green paper outlining several proposed reforms of the Prime Minister's ability to exercise traditional Royal Prerogative powers.

Austenasia

Two subsequent declarations of independence were sent to Gordon Brown and the British Home Office, as no reply had been received from any of the previous declarations, on 13 October and 31 December 2008 respectively.

Axel Scheffler

He designed Gordon Brown's 2006 Christmas cards and all seven Christmas 2012 stamps for Royal Mail.

Beyond the Crash

Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the first crisis of globalisation is a 2010 book by former UK prime minister Gordon Brown.

Carl Schramm

Schramm has been instrumental in the development of a partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce to create an international entrepreneurship resource at www.entrepreneurship.gov and also spearheaded the Foundation’s sponsorship of the first-ever Global Entrepreneurship Week, which he announced in November 2007 with UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Flirtomatic

By May 5, 2010, 10,000 Flirtomatic users weighed in: 34.4 percent chose Liberal Democrat candidate Nick Clegg, 33.9 percent picked Conservative candidate David Cameron and 31.7 percent selected Labour candidate Gordon Brown.

Gerry Robinson

In June 2008, Robinson was one of four Labour donors who expressed their concerns with Gordon Brown's leadership and stated he would not be contributing any more money to the Labour Party until there was a change of leader.

Gertrude Himmelfarb

Although Himmelfarb is often identified as a conservative, in Britain one of her most outspoken admirers is Gordon Brown, the former Labour Party Prime Minister.

Godwin Abbe

At a meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government in Kampala, Uganda in November 2007, Abbe met British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and asked for assistance in restructuring the police force, which was suffering from low morale due to poor welfare, inadequate training and lack of vital work tools.

Isambard Community School

It first opened its doors in 2007, but was officially opened in 2009 by Gordon Brown.

John Etty

In June 2007 John Etty was invited to a reception for former Bevin Boys at the House of Commons, hosted by Gordon Banks MP, John Etty and wife Kath were introduced to the Prime Minister at No 10 Downing Street on 25 March 2008, with John Etty receiving his Bevin Boys' Veterans Badge from Gordon Brown.

Kazakhstan–United Kingdom relations

President Nazarbayev, along with several Kazakh business leaders, met with Evans, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Queen Elizabeth II, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, Lord Mayor John Stuttard and Jean Lemierre, the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in London, England on 21 and 22 November 2006.

London Gateway

DP World received Government approval for the development of London Gateway in May 2006, identified by Gordon Brown as one of the four economic hubs needed for the regeneration of the Thames Gateway.

Lyons Inquiry

Appointed jointly by the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Gordon Brown) and the Deputy Prime Minister (John Prescott) in the summer of 2004, Sir Michael Lyons produced several reports over the next 3 years, culminating in a final report on the future of local government published alongside the Chancellor's Budget in March 2007.

Nathan Kirsh

KiFin Limited’s deputy chairman is Ron Sandler, the government-appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Northern Rock and advisor to Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Oak Ridge, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

It is known as the location of the holiday home of former British prime minister Gordon Brown.

Radio Free Sarawak

Incidentally, Brown is the sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.

Reactions to the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 attack

Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, said that the UK would take "whatever action was necessary".

Robert Popper

Popper was responsible for a minor hoax regarding Gordon Brown in February 2010 known as "Tangerinegate".

Ron Springett

This list included Ron Springett, and so, on 10 June 2009, Springett was presented with his medal by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a ceremony at 10 Downing Street.

Sandwell Council election, 2004

During the campaign the Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown visited Sandwell and called on voters to reject the British National Party.

Saudi detainees at Guantanamo Bay

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the facility on November 2, 2008, and spoke with several former Guantanamo detainees.

Shafag-Asiman

The MOU was signed by the President of SOCAR, Rovnag Abdullayev and Chief Executive of Exploration and Production of BP, Andy Inglis in the presence of President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown.

Skills Funding Agency

The restructuring of the English skills system was announced by Gordon Brown shortly after he took office in 2007.

Snatch Land Rover

Former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, announced on 6 March 2010, during his surprise visit to troops in Afghanistan, that the Snatch Land Rover would be replaced by a new "light patrol vehicle".

Sudan–United Kingdom relations

In supporting the United Nations Security Council resolution in 2007 to authorize the deployment of up to 26,000 peacekeepers to try to stop the violence in Darfur, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in a speech before the General Assembly of the United Nations, urged strong support for peacekeeping in Darfur, calling the war "the greatest humanitarian disaster the world faces today".

Sustainability metrics and indices

This report, commissioned by former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown (and UK Prime Minister, 2007–2010), on the economics of global climate change, estimated that 1% of GDP now must be invested to save 20% of GDP, because of failures by most global market sectors to integrate sustainability in the metrics they have governed with.

Tim Spanton

The British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, invited Spanton to his home near Edinburgh and later wrote an article for The Sun in which he praised Spanton's efforts and those of other supporters of Live 8(2).

TONY! The Blair Musical

It then returns to Blair's election victory in 1997, in which he waves to adoring crowds and congratulates deputy prime minister John Prescott and chancellor Gordon Brown on their success.

The musical focuses primarily on Blair's relationships with the key characters in his life, rather than the politics, including his Chancellor and successor as Prime Minister Gordon Brown and wife Cherie Booth.

UK Community Issues Party

In the wake of the scandal, the UK Community Issues Party circulated a petition addressed to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, asking him to pressure Morgan to step down.


Adam Smith College

The Adam Smith Lecture series has attracted prestigious national and international speakers including: Alan Greenspan KBE, who spoke while Chairman of the Federal Reserve in the USA; and Sir Mervyn King, Governor of The Bank of England, both of whom were introduced by The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, former Prime Minister and last Chancellor of the College.

Adrian Franklin

Adrian Franklin is a professor of Sociology at the University of Tasmania and a well known television and radio presenter of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, having done work for such programs as By Design on ABC Radio National and also for the ABC television series Collectors where, with Gordon Brown and Claudia Chan Shaw, he was one of the panel of experts.

Barry Sheerman

In June 2009, Sheerman called for a secret ballot of the Parliamentary Labour Party on whether Gordon Brown should continue in office as prime minister.

Bell Pottinger Private

On 9 December 2011, The Independent published further allegations, including that Bell Pottinger had targeted the Wikipedia entry of Gordon Brown's sister-in-law, the environmental campaigner Clare Rewcastle Brown and the South African arms manufacturer the Paramount Group.

Blatcherism

Blair, in conjunction with Peter Mandelson, Gordon Brown and Alastair Campbell, created the New Labour ethos by embracing many aspects of Thatcherite beliefs into Labour as the "Third Way".

Cabinet rank

This is best displayed during the premiership of Gordon Brown when after a reshuffle of his Cabinet Peter Mandelson, the Business Secretary was ranked the 3rd most senior minister out of 23 and outranked all Great Offices of State except the Prime Minister himself.

Charles Clarke

On 1 May 2009, Clarke joined David Blunkett in criticising Gordon Brown's leadership and declared that he was "ashamed" to be a Labour MP, citing the Damian McBride scandal.

Daniel Yergin

Yergin interviewed many high profile people including Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, Gordon Brown, Newt Gingrich, and Robert Rubin, as well as prominent economists.

Edinburgh Labour Students

Past speakers include the former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown along with members of the Shadow Cabinet Ian Murray and Douglas Alexander, all former members of the Club and University alumni, as well as ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, leader of the Scottish Labour Party Johann Lamont, Kezia Dugdale MSP and Andrew Burns, leader of Edinburgh City Council.

Glasgow East by-election, 2008

The election was significant as it was the second safe Labour seat to be contested, and to be lost, since a downturn in political fortunes for the Labour Party and incumbent UK Labour government under the premiership of Gordon Brown, and was also held in the wake of the resignation of the leader of the Labour group in the Scottish Parliament, Wendy Alexander.

Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

On 3 October 2008, she was promoted to the cabinet by Gordon Brown, who made her Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council.

John Rentoul

A member of the Labour Party for 33 years, he is very critical of Ed Miliband, out of a fear that Miliband could lead to the Labour party to the left or continue with Gordon Brown's policies.

October 2010 Abuja attacks

Nigerian paper This Day reported that British intelligence was warned of a plot against the 50th anniversary celebrations, and this was the reason Gordon Brown and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester cancelled their trips to Nigeria for the celebration.

Stuart Wheeler

In January 2008, Wheeler brought an action against the government, represented by the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, over the government's process of ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon.