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Brown vows to stay and fight election
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, fighting to reassert his authority after weeks of dire poll ratings and rebellion within his ruling party, says he has no intention of quitting before an election due within a year.
- Reuters
- Published: 23:07 June 21, 2009
London: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, fighting to reassert his authority after weeks of dire poll ratings and rebellion within his ruling party, says he has no intention of quitting before an election due within a year.
Speaking to a Sunday newspaper, Brown said he would stay on as prime minister because he wanted to help Britons through the recession, not out of any wish to hang on to the "trappings of power".
"I am just getting on with the job," he told the News of the World tabloid.
Brown trails the centre-right Conservatives by up to 20 per cent in the polls.
Brown's government has been under pressure for weeks after newspapers printed leaked details of politicians' extravagant and often inappropriate claims for public money to pay for things like pornographic films, horse manure and cookies.
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