New Home Secretary Alan Johnson speaks to media representatives outside the Home Office in London on June 5, 2009, following the resignation of Jacqui Smith and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's emergency Cabinet reshuffle. A defiant Gordon Brown vowed to tough it out as Britain's prime minister after four members of his cabinet quit and his governing Labour party faced the prospect of election meltdown. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

New Home Secretary Alan Johnson speaks to media representatives outside the Home Office in London on June 5, 2009, following the resignation of Jacqui Smith and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's emergency Cabinet reshuffle. A defiant Gordon Brown vowed to tough it out as Britain's prime minister after four members of his cabinet quit and his governing Labour party faced the prospect of election meltdown.

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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, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 12: Conservative Member of Parliament Damian Green walks near Parliament on October 12, 2009 in London. An official report has said that the arrest of the Tory front bencher during an inquiry into Home Office leaks was 'not proportionate'.
  8. Jordanian doctor Mohammed Asha carries his son, surrounded by relatives and friends, upon his arrival in Amman, Jordan, Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. In August 2009 the Home Office dropped attempts to deport the Jordanian doctor, after he was cleared in a trial last year of involvement in botched car bombs attacks in London and Glasgow.
  9. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith (R) and former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Margaret Beckett watch Prime Minister Gordon Brown's address 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.
  10. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: A television makeup assistant checks former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith (c) before she appears live on air to comment on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's address 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.
  11. The Palace of Westminster is seen in London October 12, 2009. Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has been ordered to apologise to the House of Commons after a parliamentary sleaze watchdog found she "clearly breached" rules on second-home expenses.
  12. The Palace of Westminster is seen in London October 12, 2009. Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has been ordered to apologise to the House of Commons after a parliamentary sleaze watchdog found she "clearly breached" rules on second-home expenses.

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