Gordon Brown. Born February 20th, 1951, was the previous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007-2010), and leader of the Labour Party during the same time. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government for ten years (1997-2007). He has been a member of Parliament since 1983, previously for Dunfermline East and currently for Kirkaldy and Cowdenbeath.
In 1989, Gordon Brown joined the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Trade, and was then later promoted to become Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1992. After the Labour Party's victory in 1997, Gordon was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Labour Party contains a diversity of ideological trends from socialist to more moderately social democratic. The party was founded in 1900, and overtook the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920's. It was last in national government between 1997 and 2010 under Tony Blair and yes, Gordon Brown. The party was 258 seats in the 2010 general election, and currently forms the Official Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Gordon Brown became Prime Minister of the UK when in 2007, Tony Blair resigned and he was chosen in an uncontested election. On May 20th, 2010, Brown announced he would step down from leader of the Labour Party, and was succeeded by Harriet Harman, and as Prime Minister by David Cameron. Harman was later succeeded by Ed Miliband.
Hello Mr. Brown, this is David Cameron and even though we are from different political parties in the UK, I applaud you in your effort in making the UK a better place. Even though your party is based upon mixed market Third Way policies and my Conservative party is based upon a platform who strongly support a free market we could still put that behind us and make the United Kingdom a better place.
ReplyDeleteHey Gordon Brown, I saw your post from earlier and I would like to say that is great idea! Even though we are from two different political parties, it would be interesting to discuss different views on issues within each party. It will be one "heavenly" cup of coffee! Let me know when you are available.
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