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Wikileaks has published a cable about Gordon Brown which state that Gordon Brown was dismissed as an “abysmal” prime minister by the US embassy in London within a year of taking office. I read an article on another news website that, George Bush’s last ambassador wrote that Mr. Brown lurched from “political disaster to disaster” in a period of “rudderlessness” after Tony Blair’s departure from Downing Street in 2007. The embassy fired off a volley of cables in the wake of Labour’s “terrible" by election defeat to the Scottish National party in Glasgow East. Robert Tuttle, Bush’s last ambassador to London, wrote in a cable on July 31 2008, a week after the by election: “As Gordon Brown lurches from political disaster to disaster. Westminster is abuzz with speculation about whether he will be replaced as prime minister and Labour party leader, and, if so, by whom. This is what I know about this cable of wikileak about Gordon Brown. Do you know further details kindly share them here.
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It follows an 'embarrassing' assessment of David Cameron by the the U.S. administration which was set to be made public on the WikiLeaks whistleblowers website.
The harsh analysis of the Prime Minister is among thousands of leaked State Department files set to be revealed imminently on the site.
And Gordon Brown's rocky relationship with President Barack Obama is almost certain to mentioned as is Britain's troop withdrawal from Iraq.
The likely revelations emerged as the White House took the extraordinary step of writing to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, warning 'countless' lives would be put at risk by publication of the diplomatic cables
It said revealing the secret documents could threaten global counter terrorism operations and jeopardise U.S. relations with its allies.
And the UK government has warned British citizens in Pakistan, Iraq, Iran and other parts of the Muslim world they could suffer a violent backlash over 'anti-Islamic' views in documents.
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