Brown says he will lead Labour to next election

October 3rd, 2009 Brown agrees to televised British election debateLONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown has agreed to take part in Britain's first televised election debate among party leaders. Brown, who has been accused of dithering on a host of issues, had been reluctant to participate in U.S.-style election debates even though his two main rivals had agreed.

September 30th, 2009 UK's Brown downplays Sun tabloid switch to ToriesLONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown is downplaying the decision of the Sun tabloid to switch its allegiance from the Labour Party to the opposition Conservatives. Brown told the BBC during an interview at this week's Labour Party conference that the British people will decide the election, not a newspaper.

September 29th, 2009 LONDON - The flagging popularity of Britain's ruling Labour Party was highlighted Tuesday by an opinion poll that showed that the party led by Prime Minister Gordon Brown had slipped to third place in the estimation of the voter. The Ipsos Mori poll, published on the day Brown is due to give a keynote speech to the annual Labour Party conference, put Labour at 24 percent, the opposition Liberal Democrats at 25 percent and the bigger opposition Conservative Party at 36 percent.

September 27th, 2009 LONDON - In what is being seen as David Miliband's veiled challenge to Gordon Brown demanding him to think about his succession plan, British Foreign Secretary has told the Prime Minister that 'future is the most important word in politics.' "I now think 'future' is the most important word in politics. The future is the key, and that means having a mental map that is looking forwards not backwards," he said.

September 27th, 2009 LONDON - A recent poll has suggested that British voters think Tory leader David Cameron would make a better Prime Minister than Gordon Brown. According to the ICM survey for the News of the World, some 43 per cent voters said that Cameron was the best choice, while just 20 per cent believe that Brown is the best man for the job out of the current three main party leaders.

September 15th, 2009 LONDON - Nearly half of the British population believes that anyone in the Labour Party can do a better job than Prime Minister Gordon Brown, a new poll has found. According to a Populus Poll conducted by The Times, 48 per cent of voters think that "literally anyone" from Labour's ranks could do better, while only a third say that Brown is the best leader available for the party.

July 26th, 2009 LONDON - After a disappointing by-election defeat in Norwich North and the continuing questioning of his role as party leader, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for discipline in the new Labour Party. Brown appealed to both ministers and MPs headed off for summer break that there was work to be done during the summer.

July 26th, 2009 LONDON - A senior Labour MP has said that Prime Minister Gordon brown needs to seriously consider his position over the summer amid fresh rumblings about his leadership. Barry Sheerman, the chairman of the Commons education committee, said Brown needed to rethink his strategy after the party's disastrous performance in the Norwich North by-election.

July 13th, 2009 LONDON - Several MPs of the Labour Party have claimed that Prime Minister Gordon Brown is as ruthless and intimidating as a mafia boss. A senior Labour women has even claimed that Brown sends in brutal hitmen to 'bump off' colleagues standing in his way.

June 8th, 2009 British prime minister vows to improve leadershipLONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday survived the most serious test of his leadership, offering his critics a humbling promise to improve after his governing Labour Party suffered its worst electoral results in a century. Brown made a rare admission of his failings in a speech to a private meeting of hundreds of Labour lawmakers from both houses of Parliament — a move which appeared to have halted a rebellion which had threatened his ouster.

June 7th, 2009 Top deputy to UK's Brown urges restraintLONDON — A top deputy to Britain's troubled Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday warned lawmakers seeking his ouster to end their rebellion — or risk making the situation of the governing Labour Party more tenuous. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, appearing on the BBC's Andrew Marr talk show, urged party dissidents to think about the consequences of an ugly leadership battle.

June 5th, 2009 LONDON - A combative British Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared he "will not walk away" as he reshuffled his cabinet on a stormy Friday amid a string of ministerial resignations. The reshuffle came as the ruling Labour Party took a pounding in elections to local municipal authorities, but Brown rejected resignation calls by opposition parties and a growing number of Labour rebels.

June 5th, 2009 LONDON - A leading member and Minister in the Gordon Brown's Government, James Purnell, has warned the Prime Minister that he should stand down to stop Labour Party's inevitable election defeat, after tendering his resignation. Prunell's resignation is a serious blow to Brown and comes after two other Cabinet ministers walked out earlier this week.

June 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Britain's Guardian newspaper, which has traditionally backed the Labour party, Wednesday called on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to step down because he had failed in government. "The tragedy for Mr Brown and his party is that his chance to change it has gone...

May 30th, 2009 LONDON - The British ministers' expenses scandal has had a devastating impact on the Labour Party and on Prime Minister Gordon Brown, for according to a populus poll for The Times found the Labour's overall position slide to 21 per cent, its lowest in polling history. When asked how they would vote in next week's European election, for the first time the Labour Party was placed way behind the UK Independence Party and the Tories.