Gordon Brown: Summary
- Recent Role:
- Self on CBS Evening News
- Birthday:
- 2-20-1951
- Birthplace:
- Scotland
- Birth Name:
- James Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown was appointed the Prime Minister of Britain by the Queen in June 2007, when Tony Blair resigned the post. Prior to this prestigious appointment Brown served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer for ten years. He has been an MP since 1983, serving two different constituencies during the period.
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- Brown has received two separate honorary degrees; one from the University of Edinburgh (2003) and one from Newcastle University (2007).(edit)
- Since Brown became the Prime Minister, the satirical political magazine 'Private Eye' has run a humerous comic strip based on 'The Broons' parodying Brown. It is called 'The Broonites'.
In addition to the comic strip, 'Private Eye' also satirise Brown by comparing him to Stalin and writing up 'Prime Ministerial Decrees from the Desk of the Supreme Leader' which frequently refer to 'The Age of Change' and draw other comparisons to Stalin's dictatorship of the Soviet Union.(edit) - Brown only wore red ties, to symbolise his socialist Labour background, until his wife Sarah persuaded him to branch-out into pastel colours.(edit)
- Brown is blind in one eye following a sporting accident as a teenager.(edit)
- Brown became leader of the Labour Party on the 24th June, and Prime Minister of Britain on the 27th June.(edit)
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