James Gordon Brown Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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. Brown has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1983, first for Dunfermline East and currently for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.A doctoral graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Brown spent his early career working as both a lecturer at a further education college and a television journalist. He entered Parliament in 1983 as the MP for Dunfermline East. He joined the Shadow Cabinet in 1989 as Shadow Secretary of State for Trade, and was later promoted to become Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1992. After Labour's victory in 1997, he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, becoming the longest-serving holder of that office in modern history.Brown's time as Chancellor was marked by major reform of Britain's monetary and fiscal policy architecture, transferring interest rate setting powers to the Bank of England, by a wide extension of the powers of the Treasury to cover much domestic policy and by transferring responsibility for banking supervision to the Financial Services Authority. Controversial moves included the abolition of advance corporation tax (ACT) relief in his first budget, and the removal in his final budget of the 10% "starting rate" of personal income tax which he had introduced in 1999. In 2007, Tony Blair resigned as Prime Minister and Labour Leader and Brown was chosen to replace him in an uncontested election.After initial rises in opinion polls following Brown becoming Prime Minister, Labour's popularity declined with the onset of a recession in 2008, leading to poor results in the local and European elections in 2009. A year later, Labour lost 91 seats in the House of Commons at the 2010 general election, the party's biggest loss of seats in a single general election since 1931, making the Conservatives the largest party in a hung parliament. On 10 May 2010, Brown announced he would stand down as leader of the Labour Party, and instructed the party to put into motion the processes to elect a new leader. On 11 May, he officially resigned as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party. He was succeeded as Prime Minister by David Cameron, and as Leader of the Labour Party by Ed Miliband.Later, Brown played a crucial role in the campaign surrounding the Scottish independence referendum of 2014, galvanizing support behind maintaining the union.
James Fraser, John Macaulay, Jennifer Jane, Jennifer Jane †
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[slip of the tongue during PMQs] The first point of recapitalisation was to save banks that would otherwise have collapsed. And we not only saved the world, er, saved the banks...
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It is important that we have a strong motorcycling industry in this country. (speaking in the House of Commons on 25th February 2010.)
I accept I have to do better in the presentation area. I've got my strengths and I've got my weaknesses. I could present our message a lot better, I'm actually shy by nature rather than extrovert, someone who feels that your actions should speak for themselves, but that's not the way politics works these days.
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I really dislike the trivialisation of politics.
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It is the fighters and believers who change the world, we've changed the world before and we're going to change the world again. And you know our country faces the biggest choice for a generation, so we need to fight, not bow out, not walk away, not give in, not give up but fight; fight to win for Britain. You know because if anyone says fight doesn't get you anywhere, that politics can't make a difference, that all parties are the same then look what we have achieved together since 1997: the winter fuel allowance, the shortest waiting times in history, crime down by a third, the creation of Sure Start, the cancer guarantee, record results in schools, more students than ever, the Disability Discrimination Act, Devolution, Civil Partnerships, peace in Northern Ireland, the Social Chapter, half a million children out of poverty, maternity pay, paternity leave, child benefit at record levels, the Minimum Wage, the ban on cluster bombs, the cancelling of debt, the trebling of aid, the first ever Climate Change Act. That's the Britain we've been building together, that's the change we choose.
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As a politician I have never sought the public eye for its own sake. I have never believed presentation should be a substitute for policy. I do not believe politics is about celebrity.
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One of my first acts as prime minister would be to restore power to Parliament in order to build the trust of the British people in our democracy. Government must be more open and more accountable to Parliament - for example in decisions about peace and war, in public appointments and in a new ministerial code of conduct.
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I want to lead a government humble enough to know its place - where I will always strive to be - and that is on people's side.
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[on Nicholas Ridley]: There he is, the Secretary of State. No in-tray, no out- tray, just an ash-tray.
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The classic Gordon Brown joke was a reference to the song "Golden Brown" by the Stranglers: "Never a frown with Gordon Brown".
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The British Chancellor of the Exchequer since May 1997. [May 2005]
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Stood down has PM of Great Britain after the first Hung parliament in the UK for about 20 years. [May 2010]
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Announced as Great Britain's new Prime Minister. [June 2007]
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President Obama gave him a gift of the ten greatest American Movies on DVD, when Brown was visiting him at the White House.
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In the summer of 2008 there were moves to force Brown to stand down as Prime Minister following the party's worst-ever local election results, the loss of the Mayoralty of London and several by-election losses to the Conservatives and the Scottish National Party (SNP). In June 2009 there were further moves by Labour backbenchers to oust Brown following dire local and European election results, which saw the party's share of the vote fall to an unprecedented 15%, plus losing control of Wales for the first time since 1918 and losing control of all of their remaining six county councils.
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Gained a first class degree in History from Edinburgh University.
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Born to John Ebenezer Brown (died in 1998), a Church of Scotland minister, and his wife Elizabeth "Bunty" (died in 2004), he has two brothers, John and Andrew.
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Leader of the British Labour Party from 24 June 2007 to 11 May 2010.
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British Prime Minister from 27 June 2007 to 11 May 2010.
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After the death of their first child Jennifer Jane (born on 28 December 2001, died on 8 January 2002), his wife Sarah gave birth to their sons John (born on 17 October 2003) and James Fraser (born on 17 July 2006).
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Romantically linked to Princess Margarata of Romania in the late 1970s.
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Avid supporter of Raith Rovers Football Club, and is Hononary President of the Raith Rovers Supporters Club.
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As a student, he suffered a detached retina in a rugby accident, which left him blind in his left eye despite several operations.
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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007.
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2014: The Rory Review
2014
TV Movie
Himself (as Gordon Brown MP)
Richard Attenborough: A Life
2014
TV Movie
Himself - Prime Minister, 2007-2010
Newsnight
2007-2014
TV Series
Himself - Interviewee / Himself
Ronan Farrow Daily
2014
TV Series
Himself
Piers Morgan Tonight
2011-2012
TV Series
Himself
Give Us the Money
2012
Documentary
Himself, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1997-2007
XXX Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony
2012
TV Movie
Himself - Former UK Prime Minister
Putin, Russia and the West
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
Weird Celebrity Journeys with Bearsac in London
2011
TV Mini-Series
Himself
Fareed Zakaria GPS
2010
TV Series
Himself
Charlie Rose
2004-2010
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Tavis Smiley
2010
TV Series
Himself
The Daily Show
2010
TV Series
Himself
GMTV
2004-2010
TV Series
Herself / Himself
Election 2010
2010
TV Movie
Himself
Jeremy Paxman Interviews...
2010
TV Mini-Series
Himself
The One Show
2008-2010
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
The Prime Ministerial Debate
2010
TV Movie
Himself
Dermot Meets...
2010
TV Series
Himself
Decision Time: The Sky News Debate
2010
TV Movie
Himself
The First Election Debate
2010
TV Movie
Himself
Live from Studio Five
2009-2010
TV Series
Himself
Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man
2010
TV Mini-Series
Himself
Piers Morgan's Life Stories
2010
TV Series
Himself
Stolen Childhoods
2010
Video short
Himself - Prime Minister
This Morning
2004-2009
TV Series
Himself
State Opening of Parliament
2009
TV Movie
Himself
Local Elections 09
2009
TV Movie
Himself
A-studio
2009
TV Series
Himself
State Opening of Parliament
2008
TV Movie
Himself
Dragons' Den
2008
TV Series
Himself
Breakfast
2005-2008
TV Series
Himself
Sunday AM
2005-2008
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Prime Minister
Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad
2008
TV Mini-Series
Himself - British Prime Minister
Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
Countdown
2007
TV Series
Himself
5 News
2007
TV Series
Himself - Chancellor
Channel 4 News
2007
TV Series
Himself - Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Sunday Programme
1996-2006
TV Series
Himself
The Politics Show
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
BBC News 24
2006
TV Series
Himself
Harry Potter at the Castle: Magic at Midnight
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Jonathan Dimbleby
2004-2005
TV Series
Himself
Election Night
2005
TV Movie
Himself - Chancellor of the Exchequer
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
2005
TV Series
Himself
The National Television Awards
2004
TV Special
Himself - Presenter
A Day to Remember
2003
Documentary
Himself
Breakfast with Frost
2001-2003
TV Series
Himself
Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
2002
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Labor Finance Minister
Vote 2001
2001
TV Movie
Himself - Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Rivals
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
World in Action
1987-1998
TV Series documentary
Himself / Himself - Former CDM Manager
Network First
1997
TV Series documentary
Himself
Election 97
1997
TV Movie
Himself - Shadow Chancellor
A Week in Politics
1993-1996
TV Series
Himself
Question Time
1988-1996
TV Series
Himself
Walden
1993-1994
TV Series
Himself
This Week
1991-1992
TV Series
Himself
Election 92
1992
TV Movie
Himself - Labour, Trade and Industry
Panorama
1989
TV Series documentary
Himself
Weekend World
1988
TV Series
Himself
Scotland Today
1972
TV Series
Himself - News Reporter (1980-1983)
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BBC Weekend News
2015
TV Series
Himself
Panorama
2014
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Wright Stuff
2011-2014
TV Series
Himself - Prime Minister / Himself
The Diamond Queen
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself
Putin, Russia and the West
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself - UK Prime Minister
Breakfast
2011
TV Series
Himself - Prime Minister
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
2011
TV Special
Himself (uncredited)
Almost Famous IV
2011
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Five Days That Changed Britain
2010
TV Movie
Himself
Dave & Nick: Where Did It All Go Right?
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Election 2010: Who Governs?
2010
TV Movie
Himself
What They Won't Tell Us
2010
TV Movie
Himself
Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man
2010
TV Mini-Series
Himself
Live from Studio Five
2010
TV Series
Himself
The Great Offices of State
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
On Expenses
2010
TV Movie
Himself
Mo
2010
TV Movie
Himself (uncredited)
Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama
2009
Documentary
Himself
Glenn Beck
2009
TV Series
Himself - British Prime Minister / Himself
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W Bush
2009
TV Special
Himself (uncredited)
Working Lunch
2009
TV Series
Himself
Autumnwatch
2008
TV Series
Himself
Russell & Ross: What the F*** Was All That About?
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Have I Got News for You
1994-2008
TV Series
Himself
The Queen: A Life in Film
2008
Video documentary
Himself
The O'Reilly Factor
2008
TV Series
Himself - 'Pinhead' (segment "Pinheads & Patriots") / Himself