Brown: Battening down the hatches
                   
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06-Sep-2008 28 related
        

A year ago, Gordon Brown was embracing the 'big tent' approach. Now, mired in trouble, he has reverted to his inner circle. By Jane Merrick and Brian Brady Sunday, 7 September 2008 It was one of the big ideas of Gordon Brown's new premiership: to counter claims that he was a control freak by creating a "government of all the talents". Members of other political parties were drafted in to carry out policy reviews;... [read full story]                    

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