Brown Acts to Distance Himself From Blair, Iraq
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BOURNEMOUTH, England, Sept. 24 -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivered an hour-long nationally televised speech Monday on issues from maternity leave to Darfur, but his policy proposals were largely overshadowed by speculation about whether he will call a snap general election in the coming weeks.
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Gordon Brown has denied he had any doubts about the Iraq war and said strong support for the United States would continue under his leadership.
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Gordon Brown doesn't do charisma. In contrast to Tony Blair, the new British leader has offered no emotive sound bites, no promises of tough new laws and no talk of a "war on terror" since the failed attacks in London and Glasgow.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said  on Monday he would not rule out military action against Iran,  but believed a policy of sanctions could still persuade Tehran  to drop its disputed nuclear program.
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US commander in Iraq General David Petraeus is to hold talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday, during a stopover on his way back to Baghdad from Washington.
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Britain&#39;s next prime minister, Gordon Brown, reportedly wants to reverse a law introduced under current premier Tony Blair which restricts anti-Iraq war protests outside parliament.
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Political opponents of Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a renewed attack on his handling of the Iraq conflict Sunday, as British soldiers prepared to move deeper into the country to support U.S. troops.
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Unable to calm the controversy over a US request to redeploy British troops in Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Blair is facing dissent from within his party ranks.
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MoD moves to limit diplomatic fallout from attack on US policy in Iraq by former head of British army.
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British finance minister Gordon Brown,  who is expected to be the next prime minister, sought in an  interview to smooth over rifts in the country's ruling party  after a damaging row over when Tony Blair should quit.
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Â· PM committed troops despite chaos fears Â·  Bush 'offered to fight without UK'
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LONDON, June 27 -- Prime Minister Tony Blair resigned Wednesday at Buckingham Palace, turning over power to Gordon Brown, his longtime political partner and rival, after a decade of guiding Britain through economic prosperity at home and a deeply unpopular war abroad.
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Gordon Brown denied he was plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Tony Blair as he sought to calm a week of turmoil over the leadership.
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British finance minister Gordon Brown is to set aside his immediate ambitions of becoming prime minister by agreeing to premier Tony Blair's request that he take over the foreign affairs portfolio, a report said.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown signalled Wednesday there would be no change of policy on Iraq and Afghanistan and no rush to withdraw troops.
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MANCHESTER, England, June 24 -- Gordon Brown, Britain's next prime minister, on Sunday promised a foreign policy that recognizes that defeating terrorism is as much a struggle of ideas as a military battle -- a lesson he said was drawn from Iraq.
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Gordon Brown admits mistakes were made over Iraq and that the issue is divisive for the nation.