Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown is a Member of Parliament (M.P.) for the British Labour Party. He has represented the constituency of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath since 1983. He is currently the Chancellor of the Exchequer and has been so since 2 May, 1997. ^[1]

A 20 year journey from the Red Paper to the Private Finance Initiative

In 1975, Brown edited The Red Paper on Scotland, a strongly pro-socialist document. In his introduction, titled "The socialist challenge",^[2] Brown asserted that:

"Scottish socialists cannot support a strategy for independence which postpones the meeting of urgent social and economic needs until the day after independence... But neither can they give unconditional support to maintaining the integrity of the United Kingdom - and all that that entails - without any guarantee of radical social change."^[3]

Researchers and special advisors

Brown's alleged predilection for surrounding himself with fiercely loyal special advisers has been the subject of much - and often hostile - media attention. Below is as complete as possible a list of his past and present advisers.

Directly working for Gordon Brown

Name	Role	Dates	Refs
Paul McKinney	political researcher	1980s	^[4]
Charlie Whelan	press secretary	1994-1999	^[5]
Sue Nye	Special adviser	At least Sept 2004-Feb 2007	^[6]^[7]
Spencer Livermore	Special adviser	Feb 2007	^[7]
Damian McBride	Special adviser	Feb 2007	^[7]

Other special advisers closely associated with Brown

Name	Role	Dates	Refs
Jonathan Ashworth	Special adviser to Stephen Timms	Feb 2007	^[7]
Jo Dipple	Special adviser to Stephen Timms	Feb 2007	^[7]
Gila Sacks	Member, Council of Economic Advisers	Feb 2007	^[7]
Shriti Vadera	Member, Council of Economic Advisers	Feb 2007	^[7]
Dan Corry	Chair, Council of Economic Advisers	Feb 2007	^[7]
Paul Gregg	Member, Council of Economic Advisers	Feb 2007	^[7]
Michael Jacobs	Member, Council of Economic Advisers	Feb 2007	^[7]
Stewart Wood	Member, Council of Economic Advisers	Feb 2007	^[7]
Gavin Kelly	Member, Council of Economic Advisers	Feb 2007	^[7]

Contact Details

Constituency Addresses: [1]

318 High Street
Cowdenbeath
Fife
KY4 9QJ
House of Commons
Email: birdc AT parliament.uk

Sourcewatch Resources

References

↑ "Chancellor of the Exchequer, James Gordon Brown", biographical note, 10 Downing Street website. Undated, accessed May 14, 2007.
↑ "The Socialist Project: Revisiting The Red Paper on Scotland", a one day conference on Friday 1st December 2000, Kings College, University of Aberdeen. Accessed via the Internet Archive, archived November 2002.
↑ Neal Ascherson, "Life on the ante-eurodiluvian Left", The Guardian, November 5, 2000.
↑ "Oxfam hires McKinney to head comms", PR Week, January 14, 2005. Accessed via zoominfo.
↑ "Charlie Whelan: Profile", The Guardian commentisfree. Undated, accessed May 13, 2007.
↑ Tom Bower, "'Private' Brown under constant scrutiny", Daily Telegraph, May 12, 2007.
↑ ^7.00 ^7.01 ^7.02 ^7.03 ^7.04 ^7.05 ^7.06 ^7.07 ^7.08 ^7.09 ^7.10 ^7.11 Christopher Hope, "Brown's kitchen cabinet costs £1m a year", Daily Telegraph, February 25, 2007.