Premiers Need Luck, Skill and to Catch the Public Mood. Gordon Brown's Certainly in Need of Them Now
Daily Mail › November 28, 2007
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A FEW months before his death in 1964, James Bond's creator Ian Fleming was playing golf with one of his oldest friends.
'Ian,' said the friend, 'I've always wanted to ask you: what's it like, having achieved such fame and wealth?' Fleming turned to him sadly and shook his head: 'Ashes, old boy, just ashes.' If Gordon Brown possesses any capacity for self-analysis, he might be sitting at the breakfast table in Downing Street this morning, thinking much the same as Ian Fleming.See the full content of this document
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Premiers Need Luck, Skill and to Catch the Public Mood. Gordon Brown's Certainly in Need of Them Now
He endured years of struggle, and latterly of torment, before gaining the great prize of Britain's premiership. Now that it is his, it appears to be turning to dust in his hands.
The enforced resignation of Labour's general secretary, following his acceptance of disguised donations from a millionaire property develo...See the full content of this document
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