Original: The favourable stance of the Labour government , particularly Gordon Brown , to co-operative principles of self-help , enterprise and accountability allowed the co-operative movement to make representations , and sponsor important bills on updating company law , employee share ownership and micro-generation of energy .
Simplified: Gordon Brown is very interested in the co-operative principles of self-help , and this support allowed the co-operative movement to make representations , and sponsor important bills on updating company law , employee share ownership and micro-generation of energy .