Britain's Home Secretary Alan Johnson (L) and Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw speak during the annual Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre, Brighton, on September 29, 2009. Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought Tuesday to rally his ruling Labour Party, in a keynote speech as he battles to avoid a heavy defeat in elections next year. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

Britain's Home Secretary Alan Johnson (L) and Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw speak during the annual Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre, Brighton, on September 29, 2009. Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought Tuesday to rally his ruling Labour Party, in a keynote speech as he battles to avoid a heavy defeat in elections next year.

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  1. Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba (R) and Britain's Home Secretary Alan Johnson sit together at the start of a seminar for Spanish and British top police officials in Madrid November 17, 2009.
  2. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 11: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Home Secretary Alan Johnson MP attends the Armistice Day service at Westminster Abbey on November 11, 2009 in London, England. The service is being held to commemorate the passing of a generation who fought in WWI. The last remaing veterans, William Stone, Henry Allingham and Harry Patch, all died this year.
  3. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (r) and Home Secretary Alan Johnson (l) attend a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. During the meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.
  4. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: Home Secretary Alan Johnson carries Muriel Spark's 'The Girls of Slender Means' out of the weekly cabinet meeting on October 27, 2009 in London, England. Speculation surrounds Gordon Brown this week after Downing Street dismissed claims that the Prime Minister is lobbying for former PM Tony Blair to become EU President.
  5. LONDON - OCTOBER 13: Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits the Kiln Place Estate with Home Secretary Alan Johnson on October 13, 2009 in North London, England. The estate has cracked down on anti social behaviour among residents through close co-operation with the police.
  6. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw (R) talks with Home Secretary Alan Johnson at the Labour Party Conference on September 29, 2009 in Brighton, England. Party officials and delegates are gathering in the seaside coastal resort for their last conference before the general election in 2010.
  7. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Members of the Cabinet (L-R) Jack Straw, Alistair Darling, Harriet Harman, Lord Mandelson, Alan Johnson and David Miliband listen to Prime Minister Gordon Brown as he speaks to the Labour Party Conference on September 29, 2009 in Brighton, England. Gordon Brown's speech to delegates is expected to make or break his chances of leading the Labour Party into a general election in 2010. He is expected to promise more free childcare and a clampdown on anti social behaviour.
  8. CALAIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 23: An Afghan migrant living in a makeshift tent adjacent to the Calais ferry terminal holds his pet kestrel on September 23, 2009 in Calais, France. The migrant camp known as 'The Jungle', which was largely populated by Afghan migrants attempting to make their way to the UK, was destroyed by French immigration yesterday. French authorities detained around 300 migrants at the camp although it is estimated that up to 1000 migrants fled the camp before its destruction. British Home Secretary Alan Johnson yesterday denied speculation that the UK would be forced to grant asylum from the camp's former residents.

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  1. Britain's Home Secretary Alan Johnson arrives to speak at an event on security at the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce in central London November 2, 2009. David Nutt, the government's former chief narcotics adviser, sacked last week, for campaigning against the government's drug policy, warned on Monday that more of his colleagues might resign in protest. Nutt, head of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), was dismissed by Johnson, after he said the drugs were less harmful than alcohol.
  2. British Home Secretary Alan Johnson, left, speaks as his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik looks on during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Johnson visits Pakistan with delegation to hold talks with Pakistani officials to discuss bilateral, International and regional issues.
  3. British Home Secretary Alan Johnson (L) and Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik address a joint press conference after a meeting in Islamabad on October 6, 2009. Britain's home and defence secretaries arrived this week in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders on counter-terrorism and defence in the insurgent-plagued nation.
  4. British Home Secretary Alan Johnson (L) and Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik address a joint press conference after a meeting in Islamabad on October 6, 2009. Britain's home and defence secretaries arrived this week in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders on counter-terrorism and defence in the insurgent-plagued nation.
  5. British Home Secretary Alan Johnson (L) and Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik address a joint press conference after a meeting in Islamabad on October 6, 2009. Britain's home and defence secretaries arrived this week in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders on counter-terrorism and defence in the insurgent-plagued nation.
  6. British Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth (C) and Home Secretary Alan Johnson (R) meet with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (L) in Islamabad on October 5, 2009. Britain's home and defence secretaries arrived in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders on counter-terrorism and defence in the insurgent-plagued nation.
  7. LONDON - NOVEMBER 18: Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman attend the State Opening of Parliament on November 18, 2009 in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the Government's legislative programme in a speech delivered from the Throne in The House of Lords. This new session of Parliament will only last until the general election which has to be called by June 3, 2010.
  8. LONDON - NOVEMBER 18: Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman attend the State Opening of Parliament on November 18, 2009 in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the Government's legislative programme in a speech delivered from the Throne in The House of Lords. This new session of Parliament will only last until the general election which has to be called by June 3, 2010.
  9. LONDON - NOVEMBER 18: Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman attend the State Opening of Parliament on November 18, 2009 in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the Government's legislative programme in a speech delivered from the Throne in The House of Lords. This new session of Parliament will only last until the general election which has to be called by June 3, 2010.
  10. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 01: The Right Honourable Jack Straw MP, Lord Chancellor and secetary of State for Justice, (R) leaves Westminster Abbey after the annual service of thanksgiving on October 1, 2009 in London, England. The ceremony marks the start of the legal year with a traditional religious service, arriving from the Royal Courts of Justice for a service which is followed by a procession to The Houses of Parliament and then a reception held by the Lord Chancellor. The ceremony in Westminster Abbey has roots in the religious practice of the judges praying for guidance at the start of the legal year. The custom dates back to the Middle Ages when the High Court was held in Westminster Hall.
  11. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 30: Sun political editor George Pascoe-Watson (R) talks with Justice Secretary Jack Straw outside the Labour Party Conference on September 30, 2009 in Brighton, England. The Sun, Britain's biggest selling daily newspaper, has switched it's support for the governinig Labour Party to the opposition Conservative Party. A general election is due sometime in 2010.
  12. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 30: Sun political editor George Pascoe-Watson (R) talks with Justice Secretary Jack Straw outside the Labour Party Conference on September 30, 2009 in Brighton, England. The Sun, Britain's biggest selling daily newspaper, has switched it's support for the governinig Labour Party to the opposition Conservative Party. A general election is due sometime in 2010.
  13. Britain's Health Secretary Andy Burnham speaks at the Labour Party Conference, in Brighton in southern England September 30, 2009. Britain's Labour Party is holding its annual conference in Brighton this week, seeking to revive its poll ratings before an election due by next June.
  14. Britain's Health Secretary Andy Burnham speaks at the Labour Party Conference, in Brighton in southern England September 30, 2009. Britain's Labour Party is holding its annual conference in Brighton this week, seeking to revive its poll ratings before an election due by next June.
  15. Britain's Labour Party Deputy Leader, Harriet Harman, speaks at the Labour Party Conference, in Brighton in southern England September 30, 2009. Labour is holding its annual conference in Brighton this week, seeking to revive its poll ratings before an election due by next June.
  16. Britain's Labour Party Deputy Leader, Harriet Harman, speaks at the Labour Party Conference, in Brighton in southern England September 30, 2009. Labour is holding its annual conference in Brighton this week, seeking to revive its poll ratings before an election due by next June.

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