Gordon Brown Quotes


Making the desirable possible requires us to make the desirable popular, electable, credible, and something that people want to hold on to.


Citations

Brown, Gordon. My Life, Our Times. The Bodley Head, 2017.

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Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
  • Born: February 20, 1951
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Politician

James Gordon Brown HonFRSE is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Blair government from 1997 to 2007. Brown was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1983 to 2015, first for Dunfermline East and later for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. He is the most recent Labour politician and most recent Scottish politician to hold the office of Prime Minister.