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Margaret Thatcher is back at 10 Downing Street...before being taken away in a chauffeur-driven car. Brown offered Thatcher the honour of an official portrait in Downing Street when she visited him for tea in September 2007. The portrait by Richard Stone, who has previously painted... In this article: Margaret Thatcher, Gordon Brown, 10 Downing Street, Downing Street, Trademark, John Sergeant, Bernard Ingham, and Strictly Come Dancing |
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Daily Mail | 4 days ago
Brown bans cameras from No10 portrait unveiling... After all, Thatcher might not win votes
...will hang in No10 Gordon Brown has banned television cameras from the unveiling of a portrait of Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street amid suspicions he is terrified of unflattering comparisons of their records. Baroness Thatcher will...
In this article: Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Recession, Falklands War, Labour, Nancy Reagan, and Nelson Mandela
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The Press and Journal | 7 days ago
Commons start for Willie Bain
Commons start for Willie Bain GREETING: Gordon Brown and wife Sarah welcome Willie Bain to Downing Street LABOUR MPs yesterday welcomed Willie Bain, their latest Commons recruit, who triumphed in the Glasgow North East by-election last...
In this article: Michael Martin, Gordon Brown, and John Bercow
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scotsman.com - Politics | 7 days ago
Willie Bain steps up to Commons role
...to the House of Commons. Yesterday, Willie Bain stepped up to the task, but before he took his oath of allegiance he was joined by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah for a photocall at Downing Street. Mr Bain triumphed last...
In this article: John Bercow, Labour, House of Commons, and Gordon Brown
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Thatcher gets pride of place in Downing Street
...Street Former prime minister one of only three 20th-century premiers to have portraits there Thatcher gets pride of place in Downing Street Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah greet Baroness Thatcher at Downing Street for the reception
In this article: Margaret Thatcher, Gordon Brown, 10 Downing Street, Trademark, Kelvin MacKenzie, and John Sergeant
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AP Online | 3 days ago
UK's Thatcher sweeps back to Downing Street
...residence. Thatcher, the British leader from 1979 to 1990, will join Prime Minister Gordon Brown and David Cameron, a successor to Thatcher as Conservative Party leader, at Downing Street on Monday to unveil the work. Brown's spokesman...
In this article: Margaret Thatcher, Gordon Brown, UK, London, Conservative Party, David Cameron, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill
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Thatcher back in Downing Street frame
...have her portrait hung in the official residence of the Prime Minister. Lady Thatcher left Downing Street after the 50-minute reception, stopping to exchange a few words with the current Prime Minister, Gordon Brown and wave to photographers.
In this article: Margaret Thatcher, David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, and Gordon Brown
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Brown hosts talks on Northern Irish policing
Published Date: 08 November 2009 NORTHERN Ireland's First and Deputy First Minister met Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Downing Street yesterday to discuss devolving policing and justice powers. Sinn Fein Deputy First Minister Martin...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Sinn Fein, Northern Ireland, DUP, First, Martin McGuinness, Peter Robinson, Scotland, and Belfast
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Downing Street is the street in London, England, which for over two hundred years has contained the official residences of two of the most senior British cabinet ministers: the First Lord of the Treasury, an office held by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and the Second Lord of the Treasury, an office held by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The most famous address in Downing Street is 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury—and thus, in modern times, the residence of the Prime Minister, since the two roles have usually been filled by the same person (exclusively so since 1902). As a result of this, Downing Street or Number 10 is often used as a metonym for the Prime Minister or his or her office, while Number 11 is likewise a term for the Chancellor of the Exchequer or his or her office.
Downing Street is located in Whitehall in central London, a few minutes' walk from the Houses of Parliament and a little further from Buckingham Palace. The street was built in the 1680s by Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet (1632–1689) on the site of a mansion called Hampden House. Downing was a soldier and diplomat who served under Oliver Cromwell and King Charles II. In the service of the King he was rewarded with the plot of land adjoining St James's Park upon which Downing Street now stands. The Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Chief Whip all have official residences in buildings along one side of the street. The houses on the other side were all replaced by the Foreign Office in the nineteenth century.
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