The latest in Gordon Brown

How the British deal with incompetence

2010-11-04T13:40:33Z

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Al-Qaeda threatens to kill Iraqis who vote

2010-06-12T07:49:52Z

Al-Qaeda in Iraq on Friday threatened to kill people who vote in the war-torn nation's election and imposed a self-declared curfew during polling hours when millions are to cast ballots.

The Islamic state of Iraq (ISI), the Qaeda front in the country, in a statement two days ahead of Sunday's vote said anyone who defies the curfew would "expose himself to the anger of Allah and t...

Iraq's religious leaders urge strong voter turnout

2010-06-12T07:49:52Z

Religious leaders on Friday ordered Iraqis to vote in weekend parliamentary elections to safeguard the war-wracked nation's fledgling democracy and to ensure the ballot is free of fraud.

The call came as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told a London inquiry into the 2003 US-led invasion to oust dictator...

Britain, U.S. agree to fund Yemen police unit

2010-06-12T18:05:43Z

LONDON (Reuters) - The United States and Britain have agreed to fund a counter-terrorism police unit in Yemen as part of stepped-up efforts to fight terrorism, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said ...

Yemen welcomes British call for extremism meeting

2010-06-12T18:06:21Z

Yemen on Saturday welcomed British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's announcement of an international meeting in London on January 28 on combating extremism in the Arabian Peninsula country.

"It's a step in the right direction that will mobilise international su...

Al-Qaeda 'on back foot' in Afghanistan: Brown

2010-04-16T09:07:05Z

Al-Qaeda is "on the back foot" due to the combined efforts of US-led forces in Afghanistan and the Pakistani army, Prime Minister Gordon Brown was to say Monday, his office said.

But in a speech strongly defending ...

Indian president set to meet PM in UK state visit

2010-04-16T09:35:40Z

Indian President Pratibha Patil is expected to meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown on day two Wednesday of her state visit to former colonial power Britain aimed in part at boosting trade links.

Patil received a red-carpet welcome from Queen Elizabe...

Indian president to meet Brown in state visit

2010-04-16T09:35:17Z

Indian President Pratibha Patil was to meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday during the second day of her state visit, which aims in part to boost trade links.

Patil received a red-carpet welcome from Queen Elizabeth II after becoming the first Indian head of state to visit President Barack Obama turned down five requests from Prime Minister Gordon Brown for a meeting this week, amid tensions over the release of the Lockerbie bomber, reports here said on Thursday.

Brown's office denied the premier had been snubbed by Obama, amid reports that requests for bilateral talks at the President Barack Obama turned down five requests from Prime Minister Gordon Brown for a meeting this week, amid tensions over the release of the Lockerbie bomber, reports here said Thursday.

Brown's office denied the premier had been snubbed by Obama, amid reports that requests for bilateral talks at the Brown, Obama say ties are as `strong as ever,' despite furor over Lockerbie bomber's release

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday discussed the release of the Lockerbie bomber with President Barack Obama in their first talks since U.S. o...

Libya row threatens to trigger leadership coup against Gordon Brown

2010-10-22T07:56:23Z

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PM 'repulsed' by Lockerbie bomber's welcome home

2010-04-16T10:39:10Z

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday he was "angry" and "repulsed" at Libya's welcome home for the Lockerbie bomber, as he finally broke his silence on the controversy.

But he denied that the release of Abdelbaset Ali Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday he was "angry" and "repulsed" at Libya's welcome home for the Lockerbie bomber, as he finally broke his silence on the controversy.

But he denied that the release of Abdelbaset Ali Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Tuesday he was "angry and repulsed" by the rapturous reception given to Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi on his return to Tripoli...

Brown vents fury at Gaddafi over bomber's welcome

2010-10-22T07:55:43Z

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Brown warns Libya to show respect over Lockerbie

2010-10-22T07:55:45Z

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Gordon Brown breaks silence and warns Libya to show respect over Lockerbie

2010-10-22T07:55:43Z

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Brown breaks silence and warns Libya to show respect over Lockerbie

2010-10-22T07:55:42Z

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Brown and Salmond under pressure over Lockerbie

2010-10-22T07:55:38Z

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Afghanistan

2010-10-22T07:53:36Z

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Terror threat level lowered

2010-04-16T11:14:57Z

The government downgraded its terror threat level to "substantial" on Monday, its lowest for at least three years, but stressed that it still faced a "real and serious" threat.

The new level means an attack is a strong possibility, but is down from "severe", meaning an attack is highly likely, four years after suicide bombers killed 56 people in London.

"I urge the public to remain vigilant," said Home Secretary Alan Johnson...

British hostage executed by Islamists in Mali

2010-04-16T11:58:12Z

Authorities in Mali named Wednesday an Islamist leader they said was behind the execution of a British hostage, thought to be the first by Al-Qaeda affiliates in north Africa.

According to SITE Intelligence, a US-based monitoring group, Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday said there was "strong reason to believe" a British hostage had been executed by an Al-Qaeda cell in Mali, calling it a "barbaric act".

"We have strong reason to believe that a British citizen, Edwin Dyer, has been murdered by an Al-Qaeda cell in Mali. I utterly condemn this appalling and barbaric ac...

Pakistan urges apology over terror arrests

2010-04-16T13:55:10Z

Pakistan's high commissioner to London urged the government to apologise over the arrest of 11 Pakistani men in anti-terror raids this month, after the men were all released without charge.

Wajid Shamsul Hasan told the Financial Times that the...

British police defend terror raids after Pakistani suspects released

2010-04-16T14:04:39Z

Police on Wednesday defended anti-terror raids this month that led to the arrests of 12 mostly Pakistani men who were then all released without charge.

The raids across northwest England on April 8 had been described by Gordon Brown as part of a probe into a "major terrorist plot".

But following the release of the final two suspects Wednesday, Britain's independ...

Police defend terror raids after suspects freed

2010-04-16T14:07:39Z

Police on Wednesday defended anti-terror raids this month that led to the arrests of 12 mostly Pakistani men who were then all released without charge.

The pre-dawn swoops across northwest England on April 8 had been described by Prime Minister Gordon Brown as part of a probe into a "major terrorist plot".

After the two remaining suspects were freed Wednesday, police defended the arrests on the grounds of public safety.<...

Police defend 'terror raids' after suspects freed

2010-04-16T14:14:43Z

Police on Wednesday defended a series of anti-terror raids which saw the arrest of 12 men, most of them Pakistani students, who have all been released without charge.

The pre-dawn swoops across the northwest on April 8 had been described by Prime Minister Gordon Brown as part of a probe into a "major terrorist plot".

One of the suspects was released on April 11, followed by another nine on Tuesday and the remaining two ...

Police quiz Pakistanis in terror plot probe

2010-08-04T12:04:24Z

Anti-terror police were scouring homes and interrogating 11 Pakistanis on Friday over what Prime Minister Gordon Brown called a "major terrorist plot".

Police swooped ahead of the Easter holiday long weekend at several addresses in northwest England, arresting 12 men, among them 11 Pakistani nationals and 10 men who are in Brita...

Brown urges Pakistan action after terror swoop

2010-08-04T12:04:24Z

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged Pakistan to do more to root out terror after police here arrested 12 mostly Pakistani suspects over a "major terrorist plot" linked to Al-Qaeda.

Police said 11 of the men arrested during raids across north-west England Wednesday were Pakistani nationals, thought to be here on student visas.

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Britain swoops on 'major terrorist plot': PM

2010-08-04T12:04:24Z

British police moved to stop a "major terrorist plot" by arresting 12 mostly Pakistani suspects linked to Al-Qaeda across northwest England, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.

They were seized in raids on Wednesday which were hastily brought forward after Britain's top anti-terror chief, Al-Qaeda across northwest England, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.

He was speaking after the top anti-terror chief resigned following a security blunder that almost torpedoed a surveillance operation which had homed in on the suspects.

They were seized in raids on We...

Police swoop on 'major terrorist plot': PM

2010-08-04T12:04:26Z

Police moved to stop a "major terrorist plot" by arresting 12 mostly Pakistani suspects linked to Al-Qaeda across England, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.

They were seized in raids on Wednesday which were hastily brought forward after top anti-terror chief, Scotland Yard's

Top cop quits over security blunder

2010-10-21T10:37:00Z

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Police bring forward terror raid after breach

2010-04-16T15:41:55Z

Police were forced to bring forward a major anti-terror operation Wednesday after a security breach in which a top officer was caught on camera displaying sensitive documents, reports said.

Hundreds of officers arrested 12 people in evening raids across the north-west, police said, which media reports said had long been planned but had to be brought forward after key documents were accidentally made public.

Manchester police said several hundreds of officers were involved in ...

60,000 trained over terror threat

2010-10-21T10:35:31Z

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Marines killed by blasts mourned

2010-10-21T10:29:13Z

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PM won't confirm more troops rumour

2010-10-21T10:29:15Z

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Brown tribute to bomb death Marines

2010-10-21T10:29:15Z

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More UK troops sent to Afghanistan

2010-10-21T10:29:13Z

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Bomb boy, 13, kills three soldiers

2010-10-21T10:29:13Z

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Boy, 13, kills three UK soldiers

2010-10-21T10:29:13Z

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Servicemen killed in Afghan blasts

2010-10-21T10:29:21Z

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Soldier dies after shooting himself

2010-10-21T10:29:19Z

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Brown summit scare: suicide bomber seized

2010-10-21T10:29:11Z

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Lord West's lost plot

2010-04-16T14:38:50Z

Lord West of Spithead, minister for security and former first sea lord, appears &amp;#8211; again &amp;#8211; to have done his best to torpedo his government.

Last year, shortly after he was appointed to Gordon Brown's government of "all the talents", West questioned the need for 42-day pre-charge detention of terrorist suspects. He was immediately summoned to Gordon Brown tonight abandoned his parliamentary battle to allow police to detain terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days, after the Lords overwhelmingly rejected the proposal by 191 votes. In an emergency statement to MPs tonight, Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, said that the counter-terrorism bill would continue its journey through parliament without the 42 day mea...

Brown under pressure as Lords prepares to reject 42-day law

2010-04-16T12:57:20Z

Controversial plans to detain terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days are likely to be rejected overwhelmingly by the House of Lords today, piling fresh pressure on Gordon Brown to abandon the...

Peers reject terror detention plan

2010-10-21T10:25:08Z

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Labour peers urge Brown to back down in detention fight

2010-04-16T12:59:50Z

The new leader of the House of Lords is to ask Gordon Brown to drop plans to force through the detention of terror suspects for up to 42 days.

A meeting of Labour peers on Wednesday night asked Lady Royall to tell the prime minister that it would be better to abandon the measure before a vote, rather th...

Brown's 42 days: just a cynical pose on terror

2010-10-21T10:24:37Z

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Three arrested over Gordon Brown 'assassination plot' charged with terror offences

2010-10-21T10:22:00Z

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Fifth suspect arrested over 'Islamic internet plot to kill Gordon Brown'

2010-10-21T10:21:43Z

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Fifth suspect arrested arrested over 'Islamic internet plot to kill Gordon Brown'

2010-10-21T10:21:42Z

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White terror suspect arrested over 'Islamic internet plot to kill Brown'

2010-10-21T10:21:41Z

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White terror suspect arrested over 'Islamic internet plot to kill Gordon Brown'

2010-10-21T10:21:44Z

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Plans to hold terrorists for more than 28 days are 'muddled and ill-advised'

2010-10-21T10:19:50Z

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Plans to hold terrorists for more than 28 days are 'muddled and ill-advised', warns report

2010-10-21T10:20:00Z

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Plans to hold terrorists for more than 28 days could see them walk free, report warns

2010-10-21T10:20:05Z

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MAIL COMMENT: Terror vote is bigger than Brown alone

2010-10-21T10:15:28Z

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Random bag searches for rail passengers in Brown's Fortress Britain

2010-10-16T08:52:58Z

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U.K. earmarks funds for antiterrorist system

2010-10-18T14:56:18Z

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Brown meets baggage handler who tackled 'airport terrorist'

2010-10-15T10:25:25Z

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Glasgow airport terror suspect dies

2010-10-15T10:25:19Z

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UK lawmakers question terror law change

2010-09-09T11:35:28Z

British Lawmakers Say Government Must Prove Need for Tougher Anti-Terror Laws

The British government has failed to prove the need to toughen anti-terrorism laws to let police detain suspects longer before they must charge or release them, a group of lawmakers said in a report Monday.

Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights commended

Brown bids to toughen anti-terror laws

2010-09-09T10:49:13Z

British Prime Minister Sets Out Options for Tougher Anti-Terrorism Laws

Prime Minister Gordon Brown set out plans for tough new anti-terrorism laws Wednesday, saying police need greater powers to hold and question terror suspects in increasingly complex and global plots.

Brown, whose second full day in office was marked by a failed terror attack against Britain's Brown Says Mistakes Were Made in Planning for Post-Invasion Iraq

New Prime Minister Gordon Brown acknowledged there were failures in planning for post-invasion Iraq, and said Wednesday that Britain would shift its forces there away from combat while investing more in Iraq's economy.

Brown, in of...

Britain on 'critical' terror alert level

2010-09-09T07:38:12Z

Britain on 'Critical' Terror Alert Level After Third Attempted Attack in Days

Three terrorist suspects were in police custody Sunday and a fourth man was under guard in a hospital after a flaming jeep crashed into a Scottish airport and two car bomb plots were foiled in central London.

Britain raised its terror alert to "critical" _ the highest possible level _ and the Bush administration also annou...

Police in Australia search bomb suspect's car and flat

2010-10-13T23:04:24Z

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New terror raids carried out in Australia over car bombing plot

2010-10-13T23:04:19Z

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The simple terror checks UK fails to make, by Interpol

2010-10-13T23:03:23Z

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2 UK bomb suspects looked into U.S. jobs

2010-09-09T06:52:02Z

2 Suspects in Failed Car Bomb Plot Looked Into U.S. Jobs; Iraqi Physician Charged in Britain

The FBI said Friday that two suspects in the failed car bombings in Britain had made inquiries about working in the United States, and an Iraqi doctor arrested at ...

Britons cheer Brown for attacks response

2010-09-09T06:22:08Z

Britons Praise New Prime Minister Gordon Brown for Measured Response to Failed Terror Attacks

Gordon Brown doesn't do charisma. In contrast to Tony Blair, the new British leader has offered no emotive sound bites, no promises of tough new laws and no talk of a "war on terror" since the failed attacks in British Police Foil Major Terror Plot, Defusing 2 Car Bombs in London's Theater District

Police thwarted a devastating terrorist plot on Friday, discovering two Mercedes loaded with nails packed around canisters of propane and gasoline set to detonate and kill possibly hundreds in London's crowded theater and nightclub district.

T...

2 suspects in failed car bomb plot looked into U.S. jobs; Iraqi physician charged in Britain

2010-09-09T06:02:23Z

The FBI said Friday that two suspects in the failed car bombings in Britain had made inquiries about working in the United States, and an Iraqi doctor arrested at the attack on Glasgow airport

NHS doctors in bomb plot 'turned down for jobs in Australia'

2010-10-13T22:54:41Z

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Authorities comb house for bombing evidence; retaliatory crimes reported in Scotland

2010-09-09T05:55:04Z

Police searched for evidence Thursday in a Scottish house that may have been used to produce the makeshift bombs that failed to explode in three attempted terror attacks on London and the Glasgow airport, officials and news reports said.

Community leaders in Scotland appealed for cal...

British PM announces checks on immigrants taking skilled medical jobs in wake of terror plots

2010-09-09T05:53:57Z

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday the government will expand checks on immigrants taking skilled jobs and review recruiting for the National Health Service, which employed all eight suspects in last week's foiled terror plots.

A government security official said several of the men had been on a British intelligence watch list.

One of the suspects on the list had posted a comment on an Internet chat room condemni...

Britain to review recruitment of skilled migrants, Brown says in first Commons questions

2010-09-09T05:53:53Z

Britain will review the recruitment of health service staff and expand checks on immigrants taking skilled jobs following recent terrorist attacks linked to doctors, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday.

In his first appearance at the weekly House of Commons session where the prime minister faces opposition questioning, Brown said the background checks performed...

Two more arrested over 'doctors terror plot'

2010-10-13T22:38:13Z

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Race to catch two bombers from 'doctors terror gang'

2010-10-13T22:37:33Z

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Two doctors held over bomb attacks

2010-10-13T22:34:23Z

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Five arrested over terror attacks as airport chaos bites

2010-10-13T22:34:00Z

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Five arrested over terror attacks as airport chaos kicks in

2010-10-13T22:33:49Z

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Five arrested over car bomb terror attacks

2010-10-13T22:33:25Z

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Massive man hunt underway as second bomb found

2010-10-15T10:23:06Z

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Second car bomb found in central London

2010-10-13T22:30:26Z

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Second car bomb found in London's Park Lane

2010-10-13T22:30:13Z

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Second car bomb found in London

2010-10-15T10:23:03Z

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New London terror alert as second 'bomb' vehicle is found

2010-10-13T22:29:56Z

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Al Qaeda suspected of 'massive' bomb attack on London nightclub

2010-10-15T10:23:02Z

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Al Qaeda suspected of massive bomb attack on nightclub

2010-10-13T22:29:04Z

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London on terror alert after 'massive' bomb attack on bar

2010-10-15T10:23:02Z

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Gordon Brown plans new anti-terror laws

2010-09-08T23:54:27Z

Reports: Gordon Brown Plans to Unveil New Anti-Terror Legislation in Britain

Britain's incoming leader Gordon Brown will unveil a raft of new hardline anti-terrorism measures when he replaces Prime Minister Tony Blair later this month, British newspapers reported Sunday.

The Sunday Times and T...

Editorial roundup

2010-09-08T20:08:28Z

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the U.S. and Abroad

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

May 13

The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, on investments in Iran:

While members of the David Miliband, acknowledges the supporters' applaud following his speech on foreign policy during the party's annual conference, in Manchester, England, Monday Sept. 27, 2010. Labour elected young lawmaker Ed Miliband as its new leader Saturday after he narrowly defeated his older and better-known brother David ...

Britain Labour's Next Leader

2010-09-25T11:00:44Z

Britain's former Prime Minister and former leader of the Labour party Gordon Brown, left, accompanied by his wife Sarah, right, attend the party's annual conference, in Manchester, England, Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. Britain's opposition Labour Party<...

Britain Election

2010-05-11T01:16:49Z

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaking to the media outside his official London residence, No.10 Downing Street, Monday, May, 10 2010. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Monday he will resign by September _ a dramatic move that improves hi...

BRITAIN ELECTION BROWN

2010-05-10T10:15:54Z

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown reads a statement to the media statement outside 10 Downing Street in London, Monday May 10, 2010, in which he said he intended to stand down as Labour Party

APTOPIX BRITAIN ELECTION BROWN

2010-05-10T10:15:51Z

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown reads a statement to the media statement outside 10 Downing Street in London, Monday May 10, 2010, in which he said he intended to stand down as Labour Party