Only towards the end of the century did the English landscape garden, as developed by Brown, come into fashion there, with both George Washington at Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson at Monticello devising distinctive versions of the genre.

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After doubts began to grow within the Parliamentary Labour Party about Mr Brown as PM, Mr Miliband's supporters again urged him to mount a coup in 2008 - although he eventually made clear that he would not.

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