Whatever it Takes: The Real Story of Gordon Brown and New LabourAt the beginning of the financial crisis, in September 2008, Gordon Brown called an emergency press conference in which he declared, 'we will do whatever it takes to restore stability in the financial markets'. He was to repeated the phrase whatever it takes constantly in the following weeks. As Shadow Chancellor Brown would do whatever it took to restore Labour's economic credibility. As leader in waiting he would do whatever it took to acquire the