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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is eating up to 9 bananas a day as he tries to shape up for the General Election, an insider revealed.

Or, more likely, he's trying a bit of subtle American humour on the recipient, Gordon Brown.

Gordon Brown wept in public last weekend when he spoke of facing up to the possible premature death of his son Fraser.

Summit host, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the world had come together with a united plan to combat the global recession.

Last night, Gordon Brown said he was backing the bail-out after talks with Bush at the White House.

But as he sat down with Britain's Gordon Brown, Mr. Obama stressed the international nature of the economic crisis.

Bringing the measure forward is said to be among the proposals being prepared for the "jobs summit" Gordon Brown has grandly announced.

When Peter Mandelson arrived in London last Thursday to see Gordon Brown he did not bother to bring a change of clothes.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said "common sense" had prevailed that he was ready to host a donors conference for Kenya in London.

Humble Gordon Brown yesterday declared he was ready to become the "servant" of the British people.

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown escorts Obama to a news conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the freeze today (Monday), at a joint news conference in London with U. S. President George Bush.

And of course, Gordon Brown as Chancellor [of the Exchequer] was responsible for that not fully funding it.

British strikers, quoting Gordon Brown's ill-chosen words back at him, are demanding that he provide "British jobs for British workers" .

Gordon Brown demonstrated the non-crying cry beautifully when he made his farewell speech on the steps of Number 10.

To be fair, Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, has long pressed for better global surveillance of the financial system.

The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy had announced a plan to help educate children in Africa.

A Downing Street spokesman said Gordon Brown had telephoned Karzai to congratulate him on his victory.

Gordon Brown reportedly had a heated telephone call on Wednesday with Netanyahu, who pressed him to vote against the resolution.

When Gordon Brown arrived in Downing Street it appeared that Labour might have lost its enthusiasm for the ASBO scheme.

The Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the accusations of interference by Britain were without foundation .

The French government had previously denied accusations that it snubbed the queen by inviting only the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

The Britain PM Gordon Brown is expected to be one of those calling for cuts in purchase tax on energy-saving goods.

kayaker and cinematographer gordon brown , featured in the film , lowers himself in his kayak to the base of tissisat falls.

IT WAS, veterans of economic summitry noted, the kind of idea a French minister would once have floated simply to annoy Gordon Brown.

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the European Union was committed to major emissions reductions.

Gordon Brown, UK prime minister and chairman of the meeting, set out a six-point plan to save the world.

The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says all countries, including Iran, have the right to access to civilian nuclear power.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the matter is being looked at.

This charge could certainly be laid at the door of both his predecessors, Gordon Brown's recent anti-Murdoch tirade notwithstanding.

Gordon brown suffered a double blow today. first, the death of a labour mp election disaster in his own backyard.

Gordon Brown said he was "deeply saddened" by her death and praised Goody's bravery and the way she raised awareness of cervical cancer.

GORDON BROWN: We have got to make a decision now, about how we secure the recovery this year.

In London, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, says Britain still plays a vital role in supporting the Iraqi troops.

In London, Gordon Brown came under pressure from the Liberal Democrats for failing to obstruct the Kraft deal.

After a meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, McCain said he appreciated British military efforts in Iraq.

The big question of British politics in 2007 was whether Gordon Brown, then the new prime minister, would call a snap general election.

Shortly thereafter, Gordon Brown was summoned for a private audience with the Queen to be confirmed as Britain's new prime minister.

Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, has rightly gained credit for coming up with the best version but he built on what came before.

Britain's prime-minister, Gordon Brown, wrote to Brazil's president this week to congratulate him on the move.

Prime minister Gordon Brown addresses faith leaders at St Paul's Cathedral in London, ahead of the G20 summit in London.

The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged people to be vigilant against the potential terrorist attack.

Gordon Brown said the government had to "persuade and cajole" banks into lending at appropriate prices and resume mortgage lending.

Gordon Brown, then prime minister, arrived late, with all eyes turning to him as he walked down to the lake.

Labour strategists evidently wanted a young, with-it activist to introduce Gordon Brown at the launch of their manifesto.

Labour's transport policies have been a mess. Can Gordon Brown fix them?

But he is almost as wary of prescribing detailed reforms as he is of discussing Gordon Brown and British domestic politics.

The approach is one of Gordon Brown's policies that have undermined private pensions and created two pensioner nations.

"snap election" refers to an election within the British Labor Party to replace present leader Gordon Brown.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he sympathised with those affected by the situation but stressed that safety must come first.

Gordon Brown is still pushing for Tony Blair to be appointed despite opposition from other member states.

"This unprecedented approach is right for the new era of global collaboration, " said Gordon Brown, who made a speech at the meeting.

In the battle against global warming, Gordon Brown professes to see an opportunity to save the world.

Almost every MP, including then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown, was caught up in the scandal.

It is now 10 years since Gordon Brown's sale of Bank of England gold reserves marked the bottom of the bear market.

Confronted by the implosion of the country's financial system, Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, acted.

It was the big House of Commons majorities enjoyed by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown that enabled them to govern autocratically.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown says these measures will work, but he says there needs to be a coordinated international effort.

Gordon Brown is deemed to be the 29th most powerful person in a world, according to a list compiled by the business magazine Forbes.

A short while later, Labor Party chief Gordon Brown arrived at Buckingham Palace, where the queen will direct him to form a new government.

BRITAIN'S previous prime minister, Gordon Brown, was not always keen on meeting foreigners nor very good at hiding it.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the move was highly significant.

But Gordon Brown is not the first person to make such a mistake.

Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, had to give in to demands for a free vote (by parliamentarians ) on this issue.

However there were strong signals Sir Victor could not rely on its support in any vote simply because he was an ally of Gordon Brown.

Gordon Brown said he was "saddened and angry" at the conviction.

Gordon Brown said Robert Mugabe must not be allowed to steal another term in office.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued an apology to Turing in 2009, and a campaign for a 'pardon' was rebuffed earlier this month.

But this week it became big news in Britain, after David Cameron declared Gordon Brown "not the most appropriate person" to run the IMF.

"Gordon Brown is like a man sitting, waiting in an execution room in many ways, " said Travers.

The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned that British forces in Afghanistan face a very hard summer.

And I think by 2009, this news has finally reached Britain. So I should probably add Gordon Brown to this list as well.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said EU leaders agreed to release about $44 billion to help small business deal with the crisis.

Earlier this week Gordon Brown admitted for the first time that Labour would make cuts in public spending if it wins the election next year.

Instead, the praise for Mandy at the weekend came from an unlikely source: Gordon Brown. Mandelson is said to be gratified.

Gordon Brown also told his colleagues that Britain would be directly helping the civilian government in Haiti get back on its feet.

Gordon Brown, UK prime minister, called the day's events "a tragic hour for Pakistan" and referred to Ms Bhutto's attackers as "cowards" .

But British Prime Minister Gordon Brown should consider creating a foreign aid package that would be contingent on Mr. Mugabe's departure.

The British Prime Minster Gordon Brown has warned a Joint Session of the US Congress that an economic hurricane is sweeping the world.

Gordon Brown will echo Obama's words in his speech to the general assembly today.

In March Gordon Brown promised the creation of a "low-carbon economy" for Britain that would provide jobs and clean up industry.

GORDON BROWN is never happier than when he believes he has forced his political opponents on to "the wrong side of the argument" .

A Conservative Party victory would end 13 years of Labor Party rule and spell defeat for Prime Minister and party leader Gordon Brown.

That summit is sometimes seen as the finest hour of Gordon Brown, former Labour prime minister, who chaired the meeting.

Back when he was Treasury Secretary, Gordon Brown maintained that lighter financial regulation created jobs and wealth in the economy.

Gordon Brown's British government announced it would soak the rich to pay for an economic rescue package.

Gordon Brown argued as long ago as January 2007 that global regulation was "urgently in need of modernisation and reform" .

The British prime minister, Gordon Brown, has pledged to boycott the summit rather than share a table with Mr Mugabe.

Thus Gordon Brown, the UK prime minister, is right to argue for a multilateral approach.

Gordon Brown, UK prime minister, as current chairman struggled for months with a tiny team of British civil servants to forge a consensus.

Gordon Brown today denied that he was taking medication to help him cope with the stress of being prime minister.

The prime minister, Gordon Brown, apparently told him the government would allow a vote of "no confidence" against him otherwise.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has hailed the British offensive in Afghanistan's Helmand province a success.

Barack Obama, who remains widely popular at home and abroad, met Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, on Wednesday April 1st.

Gordon Brown said that protectionism was the road to ruin and reiterated the European Union's commitment to free trade.

GORDON BROWN, a former head of the British civil service once remarked, has a "Macavity quality" to him.

U. S. President Barack Obama met on Tuesday at the White House with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Britain's Gordon Brown, another weakened leader every bit as eager to cuddle up close to the US president, must wait until next week.

the UK finally has a new government and a new Prime Minister, following the resignation of Labour's Gordon Brown on Tuesday evening.

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been named the worst-dressed man for the year 2009 by the British edition of GQ magazine.

Downing Street has banned talk of a fourth term before the campaign, preferring to present this as a new start for Gordon Brown.

Chancellor Gordon Brown plays down the implications of the unexpected VAT bill for the London Olympics.

We cannot let leaders, like Gordon Brown, destroy the long-term relations of our nations for their own short-term political gain.

He believes unemployment among the young has become a "national crisis" and has lobbied Gordon Brown to act.

Will Gordon Brown withstand demands for public sector pay increases to compensate for the rising cost of living?

Gordon Brown last night sent a private message to Sarkozy, expressing his support and wishing him a speedy recovery.

Gordon Brown delivered his most pro-European speech to date as he sought to gain transatlantic consensus ahead of next week's G20 summit.

Gordon Brown promises to "do whatever it takes to ensure the stability of the UK financial system" as Bradford & Bingley is nationalised.

They at once started gushing praise for what Gordon Brown, Britain's prime minister, described as a "statesmanlike statement" .

Just after midday today, we witnessed the gaffe that may eventually come to be seen as Gordon Brown's defining moment as prime minister.

What evidence do Gordon Brown and Alan Johnson need to understand what extraditing Gary would do to him, let alone us?

Gordon Brown is the first European leader to meet with President Obama at the White House.

Gordon Brown said the world financial system was stronger than last year and better able to deal with any shocks from unpaid loans.

Gordon Brown, then prime minister, promised such an inquiry back in March 2009.

The incorrigibly cynical Gordon Brown might offer it, but a Lib-Lab coalition would lack both a majority and legitimacy.

But the same cannot be said for Gordon Brown, it seems, as historians have already delivered their verdict.

Gordon Brown, chancellor of the exchequer throughout the period, even claimed he had "abolished boom and bust" .

The mass walkout by thousands of public sector workers on Thursday of next week will strike a huge blow against Gordon Brown's pay limits.

The leadership announcement was preceded by a series of peppy Labour Party videos and a speech by Gordon Brown.

GORDON BROWN'S rant about a "bigoted" voter sped his exit from the British prime minister's post.

The President spoke in a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ahead of the G20 Summit.

But the interesting thing is, Gordon Brown was talking about Cicero, who said, people would listen to a speech, they said, "Great speech. "

Darling spoke out after Gordon Brown said last night that people should not be "cynical" about what could be achieved at the G20.

Finance Minister Gordon Brown is favourite but faces bitter opposition from elements loyal to Blair within the ruling Labour Party.

Education Secretary Alan Johnson says he would "fully expect" to vote for Gordon Brown to become Labour leader.

David Cameron, their leader, trades on his youth as much as Gordon Brown, the prime minister, burnishes his middle-class social background.

In the clumsy hands of Gordon Brown, UK prime minister, this behaviour is so transparent as to be almost comical.

Gordon Brown's initiative to rescue the banks last October avoided the doomsday scenario and was widely copied.

Britain's prime minister, Gordon Brown, recently affirmed his support for a new generation of nuclear power plants.

Gordon Brown claims to have saved the world. It would appear that world leaders increasingly disagree.

The other obstacle is Gordon Brown's fear of a byelection. But the time for such short-term calculations has passed.

Gordon Brown told the House of Commons that Britain had been deeply moved by the still unfolding tragedy on Haiti.

All right, on the face of it leaden Gordon Brown may not have much in common with fleet Muhammad Ali.

Among Gordon Brown's woes in 2009 the ongoing row with his native land will not be the least.

These numbers make nonsense of claims by Gordon Brown, UK prime minister, to have entrenched stability.

Britain's six-year occupation of southern Iraq will end by the summer, Gordon Brown announced today on a surprise visit to Baghdad.

Gordon Brown and Alistair have said boosting the economy must be balanced with public spending cuts to repay debt.

Best romantic comedy: Gordon Brown requested meeting after meeting with the U. S. president; Obama just didn't have time.

Gordon Brown's cabinet has rallied to his defense following James Purnell's shock resignation.

Gordon Brown has finally expressed, under duress, laconic "respect" for the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber.

Gordon Brown's suit was callously repelled at the Pittsburgh G20 summit, when the object of his desire refused a private meeting.

Sharp accusations of deceit have been levelled against Gordon Brown, by some Tories and assorted columnists .

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said people wanted a return to the "enduring virtues" of accountability, responsibility and fairness.

Overall, the team is a bit to the left of Labour's last cabinet under Gordon Brown.

His appalling human-rights record has led British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to boycott the meeting.

Gordon Brown will meet to discuss economic plans Thursday with his Italian counterpart, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Gordon Brown, the UK prime minister, said yesterday the move promised a fundamental shift in how the world economy was governed.

He showed that in his struggle with Gordon Brown, then chancellor of the exchequer, over plans for pension reform published in 2005.

And James Purnell, tipped as a future Labour leader when he was work and pensions secretary under Gordon Brown, has quit aged 40.

Speaking in parliament, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told lawmakers concerted action is crucial to stem the global financial crisis.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is third on the list of worst dressed men, but there was better news for opposition.

Cowperthwaite may be smiling; but Tony Blair and Gordon Brown should be ashamed of themselves.

As the summit's host, Gordon Brown will be hoping the American President can bring calm to troubled waters.

Asked about energy, Gordon Brown has tended to waffle on about his (unfulfilled) ambitions for renewable energy.

The economic cycle is endemic and inescapable , and everyone (with the exception of prime minister Gordon Brown) has always known this.

Think of Gordon Brown, who was convinced, as Britain's chancellor of the exchequer in the good years, that he had abolished boom and bust.

On October 14th Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, preempted the debate in Washington.

DURING his decade-long stint as chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown relished one achievement above all others.

Gordon Brown, Britain's prime minister, preached against a "retreat into domestic lending and domestic financial markets" .

After Northern Rock failed, Gordon Brown hesitated and then decided against calling an early election with the economy looking ropey.

British prime minister and summit host Gordon Brown said as much during a G20 promotion pit-stop in New York recently.

Like Gordon Brown's premiership, Labour's manifesto is a bit more statist than the "New" Labourism of Tony Blair's time in office.

Gordon Brown is the latest public figure to learn he may have been a target.

One card noted that the "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom" was Gordon Brown.

"The commitment on bonuses will bring an end to the unacceptable and disgraced old system, " said Gordon Brown, the UK prime minister.

For years, Gordon Brown was the steady hand from the sidelines. But, his chance to step into the limelight finally came.

As this blog never tires of pointing out, net government expenditure is higher now than it was under Gordon Brown.

Sunday, Britain's new Prime Minister Gordon Brown heads to Washington for a first face-to-face meeting with President Bush.

Gordon Brown, for example, was as much in denial about financial realities as any toxic debt trader.

Gordon Brown, the UK prime minister, has just rediscovered cooperativism as a way of galvanising people to vote Labour.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged the pirates to release the couple, describing hostage-taking as ''unacceptable''.

The former foreign secretary was implored to challenge Gordon Brown for the premiership more than once.

Here in Britain, Prime Minister Gordon Brown held his final monthly news conference of the year.

A group of senior women ministers have warned Gordon Brown that the recession may tarnish Labour's record on equal rights.

Gordon Brown has run out of room; Ireland is having to tighten fiscal policy.

British PM Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have issued a joint call for urgent global reform of financial markets.

Gordon Brown's highly aggressive statement was not his best moment of the financial crisis.

Gordon Brown's proposed reform of capital gains tax may or may not be a good thing.

He outlined his thinking at a meeting in 2007 of the new Council on Social Action established by Gordon Brown, the prime minister.

Gordon Brown will evoke the home-front effort during the second world war in his new year address on Thursday.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced a broad, independent inquiry into the country's involvement in the Iraq war.

A bubble had emerged, as Gordon Brown, the chancellor of the exchequer, acknowledged last autumn.

In February Gordon Brown described education as "a ladder to social mobility" .

British prime minister Gordon Brown, meanwhile, says bonuses should reward only long-term performance.

Neither Gordon Brown, the prime minister, nor David Cameron, the Conservative leader, performed badly.

On June 4th Gordon Brown may be mortally wounded by nothing grander than election results for the European Parliament.

He was feted by the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and given an honour guard of welcome on Horseguards Parade.

The Tories' unexpected weakness may yet haunt Labour: what if the party had ditched Gordon Brown?

He is tipped these days as a possible chancellor if Gordon Brown becomes prime minister, and the vote has improved his prospects.

Tony Blair* and Gordon Brown* talked excitedly about "transforming" Whitehall* and its fuddy-duddy ways.

Now, after the boom and bust under former UK prime minister Gordon Brown, the case is overwhelming for greater targeted controls.

It pulled up 1, 000 metres from a plane carrying Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who was about to fly to Beijing for an official visit.

Britain's Conservative Party is expected to score major gains against Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labor Party.

Unlike the maths teacher, Gordon Brown could afford to get his teeth fixed and smiles all the time.

Gordon Brown has confirmed the UK will support compensation claims being made against Libya by IRA victims' families.

British Prime Minster Gordon Brown and activist groups expressed outrage at the execution.

Gordon Brown, Britain's new prime minister, is no different.

Wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, involves herself with enthusiasm in philanthropy.

Gordon Brown warned senior backbench MPs yesterday that western forces were facing a "new type of threat" in Afghanistan.

Gordon Brown's election strategists are now targeting "middle-class, mainstream mums" .

Britain's Gordon Brown wants to transform the IMF into an "early warning system" to head off financial turbulence.

AS GORDON BROWN left Downing Street on May 11th to make way for David Cameron and Nick Clegg, there was talk of legacies.

Some British lawmakers demanded an explanation from Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government.

Gordon Brown may well be proud of his workaholic reputation but not all of his ministers feel the same way.

Gordon Brown, UK prime minister, says he will attend if it helps secure a deal.

And British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told President Obama, 'Make yourself at home.

GORDON BROWN has disappeared at moments of political crisis before, but rarely has crisis been so determined to find him.

Gordon Brown and Tony Blair were suckers for flashy but insubstantial ideas about transformation.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown famously declared last year that the Rwandan genocide would have been impossible in the age of Twitter.

President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown agree fighting terrorism is a top priority.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Gordon Brown both paid their respects to Allingham on Saturday.

Now Gordon Brown, Britain's prime minister, has indicated that he too will apologise formally, early next year.

His first meeting was with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at his official residence.

A petition on Downing Street's website calling for Gordon Brown to resign as Prime Minister has reached the 20000-signature mark.

Downing Street confirmed that Gordon Brown has telephoned the Afghan president twice this week.

It also deals a blow to the prime minister, Gordon Brown, who had staked his claim to govern on a reputation for competence.

Gordon Brown is the first minister of Parliament and his business is Parliament's business.

Alistair Darling's refusal to do that was, it appears, the reason Gordon Brown, the prime minister, wanted to drop him.

British prime minister Gordon Brown's golden rule has been melted down and sold with the family silver.

Gordon Brown maintains that international cooperation is key in solving such issues.

Similarly, in 2007 no-one asked how Gordon Brown would perform as prime minister during a massive financial crisis.

Stirrup has been accused privately by former defence chiefs of not taking a sufficiently robust stand with Gordon Brown.

He is critical of Gordon Brown, who emerges as a moody figure, lacking in strategy and direction.

Gordon Brown hailed it as a "new chapter" in the province's peace process.

Gordon Brown, the then British prime minister, announced at the G20 summit that banking secrecy "must come to an end" .

It is aswell a big honour to be chosen by Gordon Brown to host this summit. For me it is a symbol of the union of France and England.

It's no longer lead by Gordon Brown and the coalition government has new priorities.

"The government cannot just leave people on their own to be buffeted about, " said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

British prime minister Gordon Brown prefers pineapple chicken.

Gordon Brown faces the grim prospect of probable defeat in a May election.

A spokesman for Gordon Brown says the prime minister's thoughts are with the singer's family at this difficult time.

When Gordon Brown succeeded Blair, he attempted to curry favor with News International.

But Gordon Brown's best legacy to the Labour Party could yet be a modest defeat.

Word has it she sees herself as successor to Gordon Brown if - or do I mean when? - the government loses the next election.

Gordon Brown hopes oil-producing countries may invest in greener energy schemes in Britain.

NICK CLEGG confronts Gordon Brown and David Cameron on prime-time television, as British politics finally enters the 20th century.

Interviewed on BBC Television Sunday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged calm.

Mr Balls draws parallels with Gordon Brown's first big step when he became chancellor in 1997.

Yet what may matter more is how Gordon Brown's enfeebled government responds to the bad times ahead.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown's historic speech to the US Congress barely rated a mention in the US press.

Gordon Brown would kill for that.

On November 12th Gordon Brown announced a review by the Home Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Gordon Brown, who will host the G20 meeting, repeated his metronomic calls for the IMF to develop an early warning system.

Britain's prime minister, Gordon Brown, proposes a doubling of food production in Africa.

Gordon Brown praised "all those in our armed forces who work for peace in every corner of our world" .

Gordon Brown, the UK prime minister, is due to attend the closing ceremony.

It also emerged that Gordon Brown, UK prime minister, was struggling to organise the summit.

In the past two elections Gordon Brown could and did crow about how well the economy was doing in both historical and international terms.

Ditto for Condoleezza Rice, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain, Al Gore and Bill Gates.

Gordon Brown, then chancellor of the exchequer, thought so too.