Gordon Brown

Poll shows Labour wipeout in next Britain polls

London, Sept 21 : A recent poll, described as largest ever, has found that the Labour Party would be miserably defeated in the next poll, while Tories leader David Cameron would reap a landslide victory.

It said that Prime Minister Gordon Brown would lead Labour into such a “crushing election bloodbath” that it could take his party a decade to recover.

Eight cabinet ministers, including the Home Secretary and the Justice Secretary, would be swept away in the rout as the Tories marched into Downing Street with a majority of 146, The Guardian quoted the poll findings as saying.

Brown pledges aid for Georgia amid sharp exchanges over NATO

Gordon Brown London- Britain Friday pledged its full support for the "territorial integrity" of Georgia and promised financial aid to the country amid an ongoing war of words with Russia over Georgia's future membership of NATO.

Brown made his comments after talks with Georgian Prime Minister Vladimir Gurgenidze in London, where defence ministers of the NATO alliance were also meeting.

Brown's comments followed a reaffirmation Thursday by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer that Georgia should become a full member, despite Russian opposition.

More bad news for Brown as opinion poll backs calls for change

London - More bad news for Brown as opinion poll backs calls for change An opinion poll published Friday showed that a majority of supporters of Britain's ruling Labour Party want Prime Minister Gordon Brown to stand down as leader.

The poll, published by The Independent newspaper, found that 54 per cent of Labour supporters would prefer someone else to lead them into the next general election, due by 2010.

The findings among rank-and-file Labour Party members are likely to increase the pressure on Brown ahead of Labour's annual party conference starting this weekend.

Gordon Brown faces hostile party over "leadership question"

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon BrownLondon - Sometimes it is difficult not to feel sorry for Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who has endured a barrage of savage and public attacks on his leadership over circumstances that are not all entirely of his making.

"Stand aside or be pushed aside" has been the battle cry of a growing band of disgruntled Labour Party parliamentarians who remain unimpressed with Brown's leadership of Britain over the past 15 months.

Now, Brown Govt. loses personal details of nearly 500 company directors, employees

London, Sept. 18 : Now, Brown Govt. loses personal details of nearly 500 company directors, employeesThe Gordon Brown Government has confirmed the loss of a laptop that contained the names, addresses, and in some cases dates of birth and National Insurance numbers of 486 directors and employees of 122 failed companies.

They were stolen from an office at the Insolvency Service, The Telegraph reported.

The paper quoted a spokesman of the service as saying that the police are investigating the theft, which occurred on August 27 at its offices in Manchester.

Gordon Brown dismisses attacks on his leadership

Gordon Brown dismisses attacks on his leadership London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday dismissed growing unrest over his leadership within the ruling Labour Party by saying he was focusing on the bigger issues posed by the current economic challenges.

"What the prime minister is doing is focusing on the big issues facing the country and by far the biggest issue facing the country at the moment is the situation in the financial markets," his spokesman said.

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