Gordon Brown: Past, Present and Future

by Francis Beckett

Overview

Gordon Brown was Chancellor of the Exchequer for over a decade and his influence on domestic policy has been unprecedented in British political history. After years of waiting, he finally succeeded Tony Blair as Prime Minister in June 2007, the date of publication of this biography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781905791149
Publisher:	Haus Publishing
Publication date:	06/01/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Francis Beckett is a political journalist. He is the ediotr of the series The 20 Prime Ministers of the 20th Century, published in 2007.

Table of Contents

Introduction     1
A Serious Son of the Manse     5
The Reluctant Student Politician     15
The Greasy Pole of Scottish Labour Politics     27
Between the Devil and the STV     39
An Instant Parliamentary Star     55
The Next Prime Minister?     65
Deal or No Deal?     79
The New Chancellor     93
Brown and the Brownites     105
Prudent to a Fault     119
The Tony and Gordon Show     133
The End of the Tony and Gordon Show     149
The Search for Notgordon Brown     159
What Gordon Did     175
What Gordon Might Have Done     189
What Gordon's Going to Do Next     197
Notes     217
Further Reading     220
Index     223
Picture Sources     232