Gordon Brown succeeded Tony Blair in 2007 as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Born in Scotland, Brown attended the University of Edinburgh, where he earned both an undergraduate degree and a ...

It was Gordon Brown’s tragedy to covet a job for which he was never remotely suited. It is understandable that Brown — a Member of Parliament at 32, a fearsome intellect, a man of essential decency ...

Brown is smiling after Scotland voted “No” to independence. From Washington to Madrid, there was a collective sigh of relief breathed around Western capitals when Scottish voters decided by a majority ...

It was billed as a crunch vote, one that the government couldn’t afford to lose without fatally undermining the already rickety authority of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Labour Party loyalists, keen ...

U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is stepping down this year to try to give his Labour Party a chance of forming a government with the Liberal Democrats. Although the Conservative Party won the most ...