Life inside Number 10
"One Number 10 insider recalls that when John Major, the Tory prime minister, faced a tricky problem he would ask his civil servants for all the relevant information and read through the papers, often long into the night. The next morning he would make his decision.
Tony Blair, in contrast, would order his officials to do the research and then give him a summary plus three or four options. The next morning he would make a decision.
And Gordon Brown? Like Sir John Major he prefers to study the facts and figures for himself. 'Like Sir John,' says my man with the long memory. 'He often works into the wee small hours. Then the next morning… he asks for more information.'"
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