Gordon Brown
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Duchess views Scotland exhibition...Mackintosh and Robert Louis Stevenson. The exhibition also includes some of Scotland's contemporary personalities such as Prime Minister Gordon Brown, actor Ewan McGregor and author JK Rowling. Its oldest portrait is of James VI of... In this article: Scotland, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, The Duchess of Cornwall, Robert Louis Stevenson, JK Rowling, Ewan McGregor, Gordon Brown, and London |
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | September 30, 2009
JK Rowling denied medal by Bush because Harry Potter 'encouraged witchcraft'
...a new book claims. Published: 8:10AM BST 30 Sep 2009 JK Rowling is a strong supporter of Gordon Brown, but had enemies in the White House Photo: Jonathan Lodge Matt Latimer, a former speech writer for George W Bush, states in...
In this article: JK Rowling, Harry Potter, George W Bush, Barack Obama, White House, Cancer, Stephen Hawking, and US
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Independent.co.uk - Commentators | May 06, 2009
Guy Adams: Beauty, influence and the fame game
...most influential" people. This year, it leads with Edward Kennedy, followed by Gordon Brown (whose praises are sung in a piece by J K Rowling) and Christine Lagarde, who is apparently Finance minister of France. Now, I know these are only...
In this article: American Association, Susan Boyle, Christine Lagarde, Eva Mendes, Christina Applegate, Foie gras, Zeitgeist, and Googled
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Indiana Times - The Economic Times | October 04, 2008
Rowling highest paid author
...a frenzy with children and adults queueing up overnight to buy the book world over. Rowling, a friend of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, donated one million pounds to the Labour Party recently. To read business stories in हिंदी click here.
In this article: JK Rowling, Harry Potter, Labour Party, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Forbes magazine, Edinburgh, and London
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Brian Viner: 'Perpetrators of mobile phone crimes are to be pitied as much as reviled'
...identity of the mystery person bidden night-night and told to get into bed. It could have been Gordon Brown, or JK Rowling, or the chairman of the Bank of England. And one also wonders what he or she thought about the quality of Jacob's...
In this article: Winston Churchill, Nokia, Dunkirk, and Miss Marple
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President Obama gives the Queen an iPod
...lamb, Jersey Royal new potatoes and asparagus. Rowling, a personal friend of Gordon and Sarah Brown, is a well known Labour supporter who made a donation of GBP1 million to the party last year. Dame Kelly was one of London's ambassadors in...
In this article: Barack Obama, IPod, Buckingham Palace, Edinburgh, Michelle Obama, J K Rowling, and George Bush
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NME.com | June 22, 2009
Mikhail Gorbachev sells album of romantic ballads for GBP100,000
...winning bid. Gorbachev himself sang a song from the album at the auction, taking to the stage to perform 'Old Letters' in front of the 350 guests who included Gordon Brown's wife, Sarah, and 'Harry Potter' author JK Rowling. Please sign in...
In this article: Mikhail Gorbachev, The Guardian, JK Rowling, Andrei Makarevich, Mashina Vremeni, and London
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IMDb News | September 20, 2008
Rowling Donates $1.83 Million To U.K. Prime Minister
...Million To U.K. Prime Minister Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has donated $1.83 million (GBP1million) to the British government to boost U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's fight for political survival. Rowling decided to offer the cash...
In this article: Tax, J.K. Rowling, Child poverty, Labour Party, U.K., IMDb, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, David Cameron, EU, and Harry Potter
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Turkish Daily News | September 22, 2008
UK's Brown says he can do better, gets poll boost - Turkish Daily News Sep 22, 2008
Brown also got an unexpected endorsement on Saturday from one of the world's best-known writers, Harry Potter author JK Rowling, who praised his tackling of poverty and gave 1 million pounds ($1.83 million) to the cash-starved Labour Party.
In this article: Labour Party, Britain, David Cameron, Recession, Unemployment, Inflation, Independent on Sunday, BBC Television, and HBOS
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Reuters | September 20, 2008
Harry Potter author makes big political donation
...John Joseph Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has donated 1 million pounds ($1.83 million) to Britain's ruling Labor Party to provide a much-needed boost to Prime Minister Gordon Brown as he fights for political survival. A single mother...
In this article: Harry Potter, Labor Party, J. K. Rowling, Conservative Party, Child poverty, David Cameron, Recession, and Tax
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James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party. Brown became Prime Minister in June 2007, after the resignation of Tony Blair and three days after becoming leader of the governing Labour Party. Immediately before this he had served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour government from 1997 to 2007 under Tony Blair.
Brown has a PhD in history from the University of Edinburgh and spent his early career working as a television journalist. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1983; first for Dunfermline East and since 2005 for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. As Prime Minister, he also holds the offices of First Lord of the Treasury and the Minister for the Civil Service.
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 per cent "starting rate" of personal income tax which he had introduced in 1999.
After an initial rise in opinion polls, Brown's time as Prime Minister has seen his approval ratings fall and the Labour Party suffer its worst local election results in 40 years. Despite public and parliamentary pressure on his leadership, he remains leader of the Labour Party.
- Birth Date:
- February 20, 1951
- Birthplace:
- Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
- Religion:
- Church of Scotland
- Nationality:
- British
- Spouse:
- Sarah Brown
- Residence:
- North Queensferry
- University Attended:
- University of Edinburgh
- Political party:
- Labour
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