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| Elections ahead, Brown vows to fight poor ratings |
| 2010-01-04 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] British Premier Gordon Brown vowed Sunday not to back down from the "fight" to win the country's upcoming election, despite polls showing his Labour Party tailing behind opposition. In his first interview of the year, Brown told a BBC program that he believed the 2010 elections, which must take place by June, would be the decision of the decade for Britain. "When you're behind in the polls you've got to regard yourselves as the fighter. Everything I've ever won in my life, I've had to fight for ... The Labour Party will fight every inch of the way," Brown said. He went on to add that a government led by the opposition Conservative Party, also known as the Tories, would threaten economic growth. "We can't go on in these difficult times with a weak prime minister and a divided government ... The next general election is no more than 153 days away and I don't think it can come soon enough. Let's make this the year when the positive defeats the negative." A poll conducted by YouGov at the end of 2009 showed the Labour Party, which has been in power since 1997, falling 10 percent behind the Tories in support rates. The survey, released on January 1, predicted that 40 percent of the votes would go to the Conservatives, while Labour could hope to secure 30 percent. Accordingly, the Liberal Democrats, the third main party in the UK, would win 17 percent of the votes, making them the ideal partner for the rival parties in case of a hung parliament. Brown is expected to announce the date for the general elections before the current five-year parliament term expires at midnight on May 10. |
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