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Gordon Brown

The Guardian

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Putin’s cabal must be brought to trial for crimes in Ukraine. With this plan, the world can do that

Putin’s cabal must be brought to trial for crimes in Ukraine. With this plan, the world can do that

Vladimir Putin should be worried. Not since the trials of the Nazis at Nuremberg and the Japanese war criminals in Tokyo have so many world leaders...

29.05.2026 10

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

The cover-up?

29.04.2026 20

New Statesman

Gordon Brown

Children killed, a school turned into a graveyard: even in wartime, we can’t accept this

The killing of a reported 168 people, primarily schoolgirls, in the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab in Iran has shaken to its very...

12.03.2026 20

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown: Police need to interview Andrew

11.02.2026 10

New Statesman

Gordon Brown

The Guardian view on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: driven by a belief that his status made him untouchable

07.02.2026 80

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

We owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change

07.02.2026 90

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

As the Taliban step up their war on women and girls, it is clear that appeasement has failed

29.01.2026 10

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

As Trump menaces Greenland, this much is clear: the free world needs a new plan – and inspired leadership

20.01.2026 250

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

We can break the cycle of poverty

05.12.2025 10

New Statesman

Gordon Brown

It is not too late to put the brakes on assisted dying, and focus on what is really needed

02.12.2025 20

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

The two-child benefit cap was a scar on the country’s soul

26.11.2025 9

New Statesman

Gordon Brown

World leaders, remember that future generations will judge you. At Cop30, you can define how

01.11.2025 20

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks

11.10.2025 20

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

Nothing prepared me for the child poverty I see in Britain. November’s budget can and must halt its inexorable rise

15.09.2025 20

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

The gambling industry is a licence to print money. Tax it properly – and turbocharge the fight against child poverty

06.08.2025 20

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

MPs have personal beliefs, but also solemn duties: that’s why they must reject the assisted dying bill this week

16.06.2025 10

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown: Here's how we can create 300,000 well-paid Scots jobs in next 10 years

Scotland has long been a land of ideas.  We’re the land that developed the steam engine, gave the world penicillin, and the TV. From the...

05.06.2025 10

Herald Scotland

Gordon Brown

By delaying its child poverty plan, Labour has a chance to reverse 15 years of inequality

27.05.2025 10

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

Child poverty is a scar on our national conscience

21.05.2025 20

New Statesman

Gordon Brown

I have now spoken to police officers who say they were misled by Murdoch’s empire. I won’t let this rest

26.04.2025 50

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

The ‘new world order’ of the past 35 years is being demolished before our eyes. This is how we must proceed

12.04.2025 20

The Guardian

Gordon Brown

Trump is pushing the world into recession. By learning the lessons of 2008, we can still prevent it

10.04.2025 20

The Guardian

Gordon Brown