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Gordon Brown and expenses: he has a bit of form
From The Times:
It’s the sort of pratfall performed so entertainingly by John Prescott. But who would have expected that acme of prudence, Gordon Brown, to become embroiled in an embarrassing court action over his failure to declare expenses …
[He] has admitted in legal documents to the error – an offence under the Representation of the [...]
Book review: Fighting Talk: The Biography of John Prescott
This review of Fighting Talk: The Biography of John Prescott by Colin Brown, appeared in Liberator in 1997. The new deputy prime minister, John Prescott, has a public image of bluntness, sometimes unsettling party managers but touching a popular chord with the pubic. His most memorable speech was made at the 1993 Labour conference where, [...]
