Britain's Brown unveils new government

[MrBadExample]

Source: Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's new prime minister, Gordon Brown, started to unveil his government on Thursday, promoting old allies to top positions and bringing in a range of new faces to draw a line under Tony Blair's decade in power.

Former environment minister David Miliband, a reported critic of the Iraq war and once mooted as a leadership rival, was appointed foreign secretary, while Alistair Darling will succeed Brown at the Treasury, according to sources.

Brown, who switched from finance minister to prime minister on Wednesday after Blair resigned, acknowledged he must meet a demand for change from an electorate tired with 10 years of Labour Party rule, and draw a line under the unpopular Iraq war.

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[David__77]

1. If only it were Tony Benn instead...

I can dream.

[goforit]

2. Hmmmm......keep one eye open folks.

[CJCRANE]

3. Hmmmm.....

Brown gets only a day before terrorism is back on the agenda.

Let's wait and see how this plays out...

[LeftishBrit]

4. Mostly the same old bunch recycled...

but glad to note that John Denham, who resigned as a junior Home Office minister in 2003 over the Iraq war, has been brought back as Minister for Higher Education. Maybe he, at least, will turn out to have some human decency.