- Gordon Brown is blind in his left eye, ever since a rugby injury at university (from a Washington Post article)
- In 1997, the year Tony Blair became prime minister, a new website called Google was launched, and an unknown author published 'Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone'. Was it really that long ago?
- Gordon Brown is the longest serving British Chancellor in more than 200 years.
- In May 1997, the average house price in Britain was £68,085. Now it is £196,745.
- In 1997 Tesco had 568 stores, now it has 1,780.
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