Granita was a restaurant in the Islington area of London. It has a certain prominence in British politics, as in late May 1994 it was the setting for a rumoured "deal" between the then shadow Home Secretary Tony Blair and the then shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. Islington Town Hall. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... The Blair-Brown deal is a shorthand term for a widely-held belief in British politics, that Tony Blair and Gordon Brown made a leadership pact after the death of Labour Leader John Smith. ... The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Opposition Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster System of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose... The Home Secretary (official full title Secretary of State for the Home Department) is the chief United Kingdom government minister responsible for law and order in England and Wales; his or her remit includes policing, the criminal justice system, the prison service, internal security, and matters of citizenship and immigration. ... The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service. ... The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Opposition Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster System of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose... The Rt. ... This article is about the British Chancellor of the Exchequer. ...

It is alleged that, over dinner in this post-modern restaurant, Gordon Brown agreed to support Tony Blair's leadership bid for the Labour Party, following the death on 12 May of John Smith. In turn, it is alleged that Tony Blair would stand down after two terms and make way for Gordon Brown to assume leadership. Postmodernism is a term applied to a wide-ranging set of developments in critical theory, philosophy, architecture, art, literature, and culture, which are generally characterized as either emerging from, in reaction to, or superseding,modernism. ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... The Rt. ...

In the leadership contest of June 1994, Tony Blair was elected leader of the Labour Party and led them to victory in the British General Election of 1997 and 2001. June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ...

Since then, however, Tony Blair stood and won a third term as Prime Minister. British media regularly report stories of a rift between Tony Blair and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. In public, Tony Blair denies that such a deal took place, while Gordon Brown refuses to comment on it. A prime minister may be either: the chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives...

In 2003, Channel 4 broadcast a dramatisation of the dinner on British Television. In June 2003 the Guardian newspaper obtained a copy of a memo that appears to confirm the truth of a pact between Blair and Brown.[1] 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... British television broadcasting has a range of different broadcasters, broadcasting multiple channels over a variety of distribution media. ... The Guardian was also the name of a U.S. television series. ...

Granita, located at 127 Upper Street, subsequently closed down. A different restaurant is now on the premises. Upper Street is a main road and high street in North London, and is part of the A1. ...

See also

• Blair-Brown deal