Guitarist K. K. Downing abruptly left Departing the band shortly before the start Process_start of the tour Traveling .

The event coincided with the appointment of Gordon Brown as Prime Minister two days earlier , but Downing Street dismissed Agree_or_refuse_to_act suggestions of a connection .

The Downing Street mortar attack Attack was carried out Attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) on 7 February 1991 .

The IRA launched Attack homemade mortar shells at 10 Downing Street , London , the HQ of the Government of the United Kingdom .

The other two shells overshot Downing Street and landed Motion on a green nearby .