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President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown walk from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2009, after their meeting, to have a working lunch in the Old Family Dining Room at the White House.

Gordon Brown backs animal-human hybrids By Subhajit Banerjee and agencies Last Updated: 2:31PM BST 18/05/2008   Gordon Brown today strongly defended the medical use of animal-human hybrid embryos, ahead of a key Commons vote on the issue. The Prime Minister said that stem cell research was an "inherently moral endeavour" and a "profound opportunity" to save and transform millions of lives. "Britain is at the forefront of this research and responsible for much of the worldwide progress," he wrote in The Observer newspaper. The premier supports scientists who want to insert the nuclei of human cells into animal eggs,...

Brown banishes 300-year-old tradition by removing Britannia from our 50p coinBy SIMON McGEE and GLEN OWEN - More by this author » Last updated at 21:14pm on 26th January 2008  Gordon Brown's campaign to promote British values was exposed as a sham last night after it was revealed he personally approved a decision to remove Britannia from the 50p coin.   The patriotic symbol - based on a Roman goddess - will no longer be on any British coin for the first time in more than 300 years, as part of a redesign by the Royal Mint. An overhaul of...

Plot ... attack on Glasgow Airport in June        I need your help to beat terror   By GORDON BROWN Published: Today     MY first duty is to protect the British people and our national security.There is no greater priority, no more important responsibility than the safety of all our citizens. Terrorism can hit us anywhere from any place. It is no longer simply the problem of one country or region. It crosses borders and affects us all, from the September 11 attacks to the Madrid and Bali bombings. And in London on July 7, 2005...

  Gordon Brown: I love the USA   By DAVID WOODING Whitehall Editor Published: Today GORDON Brown yesterday quashed fears he wants to break Britain’s links with America — and vowed to make them even stronger. The Prime Minister moved to dispel unease over a minister’s claim that the two nations would no longer be “joined at the hip”.   Malloch-Brown ... isolated He hailed the US as “our most important ally over the years, a country that we share values with”. And Mr Brown added: “The strength of our relationship with America is incredibly important to the future...

GORDON Brown last night praised George Bush for leading the global war on terror — saying the world owed America a huge debt. The Prime Minister vowed to take Winston Churchill’s lead and make Britain’s ties with America even stronger. Mr Brown stunned critics by THANKING President Bush for the fight against Islamic extremism, and insisted the UK-US relationship will be his No1 foreign policy priority. He said on his first visit to the President’s US retreat at Camp David: “Winston Churchill spoke of the ‘joint inheritance’ of our two countries.” The PM said that meant “a joint inheritance not...