Sentences with phrase «granita deal»

The ins and outs of the infamous Granita deal are too well known to reheat here, but it's clear that for the ten years of Blair's premiership, there were problems between him and his chancellor Brown.

The chancellor Gordon Brown had long been regarded as the «natural successor» to Mr Blair, following the so - called Granita Deal when Mr Blair allegedly promised Mr Brown he would step aside as leader.

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But he also stresses that the deal was agreed several days before their now - famous dinner at the Granita restaurant in Islington.

There has been no Granita - style «deal» this time.

Political legend has Granita as the venue where Tony Blair and Gordon Brown thrashed out the deal that would see the former run for the Labour leadership following the shock death of John Smith in 1994.

He broke through with The Deal, a 2003 television drama about the power - sharing deal between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown that was struck in the Granita restaurant in LonDeal, a 2003 television drama about the power - sharing deal between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown that was struck in the Granita restaurant in Londeal between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown that was struck in the Granita restaurant in London.