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Sun 's Call to Gordon Brown 'Unforgivable'

Matt Cantor — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:38:58 CDT

Learning that your child has a disability is hard enough—but try getting a phone call saying his illness will be front-page news. That’s what happened to Gordon Brown when his family was still coming to terms with his son’s cystic fibrosis: Then- Sun editor Rebekah Brooks, now CEO of...

Gordon Brown: Murdoch Papers Hacked Me, Too

Matt Cantor — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:36:50 CDT

Add Gordon Brown to the list of those allegedly hacked by News Corp employees. The former British PM believes journalists from multiple Rupert Murdoch-owned papers illegally accessed his bank information and his phone messages, a source close to Brown tells CNN . That led to a story in the Sun about...

Gordon Brown Blocked Jobs Knighthood Over Snub

Kevin Spak — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:40:05 CST

Steve Jobs came thiiiis close to being an honorary knight—before then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown stepped in and put the kibosh on his nomination, one former lawmaker tells the Telegraph . What had Jobs done to earn the honor? Why make nifty-looking gadgets, of course!

Berlusconi Sought Naomi's Number

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 08:57:59 CST

As if things weren't bad enough for Silvio Berlusconi, now he's got the wife of a former world leader gossiping about him: Sarah Brown, missus to former British PM Gordon Brown, has a new book out in which she recounts the randy Italian chasing around after model Naomi Campbell's phone...

Tony Blair: I Drank Too Much

Kevin Spak — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:04:37 CDT

Tony Blair’s memoir, A Journey, has just hit stores, and it’s loaded with juicy revelations that have Britain talking. Among them: Blair says he used alcohol as “a prop,” with his daily intake “definitely at the outer limit” of what was acceptable. “By the standards of days gone by I...

Did Bush, Blair Plot vs. Gordon Brown?

Emily Rauhala — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:50:00 CDT

Tony Blair and George Bush plotted to have Blair stay on as prime minister because Bush wasn't sold on Gordon Brown, claims the Sunday Telegraph . Labour Party sources tell the Telegraph that Bush's team expressed doubts about Brown after he "harangued" Condi Rice in a private meeting. Rice subsequently “complained...

Cameron Takes Reins in UK

Wed, 12 May 2010 06:27:26 CDT

Britain woke up to a new political era today with the first coalition government since World War II—an unlikely marriage between the Conservative Party and the left-leaning Liberal Democrats. With a handshake, smiles and waves, the Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed his new coalition partner, Deputy Prime Minister...

David Cameron Will Succeed Gordon Brown

M. Morris — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:34:09 CDT

Gordon Brown stepped down as prime minister and resigned as head of the Labour Party today, as it became clear that the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are on the verge of forming a coalition government. David Cameron, the head of the Tories, is expected to visit Buckingham Palace today to...

Gordon Brown Offers to Step Down—Eventually

Kevin Spak — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:43:12 CDT

Gordon Brown has announced that he's stepping down as the head of the Labour party—some time before the party's next conference this fall—but that he'd like to remain prime minister until then if possible, the Guardian reports. Brown also announced that the Liberal Democrats would begin formal talks...