Anyone know much about him? Maybe our brit friends can chime in here.
He is part of the same party as Blair, the Labour party.
From his wiki page, it looks like he has actually cut taxes all around, esp corp and small business taxes.

This also from wikipedia:

Sleaze-busting package
Following the cash for honours scandal, Brown emphasised on cracking down on sleaze. This had led to belief that Brown will introduce a new ministerial code which sets out clear standards of behaviour for ministers. He had said that he intends to strip Number 10 of some the powers conferred on it by royal prerogative, including the ability to declare war. Giving the parliament more powers and rights to vet and veto appointments to senior public positions in a bid to crack down on cronyism.

Constitutional reform
Brown hasn't made it clear whether he proposes a US-style written constitution - something the UK has never had, or a looser bill of rights. He said in speech when announcing his bid he wants a “better constitution” which is “clear about the rights and responsibilities of being a citizen in Britain today”. Plans to set up an all-party convention looking at new powers for parliament and rebalancing powers between Whitehall and local government are expected. Brown has also said that he will give parliament the final say on whether British troops are sent into action in future.

Housing House
Planning restrictions are likely to be relaxed. Brown has said that he wants to release more land and ease access to ownership with shared equity schemes. He backed a proposal to build five new eco-towns, each housing between 10,000 and 20,000 homeowners - up to 100,000 new homes in total.
Health Brown intends to have doctors' surgeries open at the weekend and GPs on call in the evenings. Doctors were given the right of opting out of out-of-hours care two years ago, under a controversial pay deal, signed by the then Health Secretary, John Reid, that awarded them a 22 per cent pay rise in 2006.
Foreign policy Brown remains committed to the Iraq War but said in his speech on Friday that he would "learn the lessons" from the mistakes made in Iraq. He remains pro-American, but had said that he wants a more "solid but not slavish" relationship with Washington.
Other:

ID cards
Brown’s campaign manager has hinted that one of Blair’s unpopular key policies will be reviewed. The cost of the £5.5 billion scheme is spiraling. However, Brown said on 12 May that he would press ahead with it.

Europe
Brown is not thought to be keen on Blair’s wish to sign up to a new European Union “mini-treaty” which can be imposed in the UK without the need for a referendum.

As a person he's famous for being very boring. He was the Chancellor of the Exchequer and so oversaw the budget and finances. During his stint the economy was very stable, he didn't seem to do much, wrong or right.

Well, most politicians are pretty boring, but you can't argue with stability.

His future position as prime minister depended on him being boring.

It's possible/plausible that blair did infact want him to cock-up.

He looks like he might be okay.. besides politicians are meant to be boring because boring people get the job done and help everybody. I'm fed up with the 'pop-star politics' wrecking the country as people vote for style not substance.

I hope he expands the budget and scope of the NHS to dentistry and glasses as well even if it does mean higher taxes, and the taxes should be by way of direct income tax on the millionaires and socialites not stealth taxes that cripple the hard-working students and working/middle classes of England.