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Published: Fri, 5 Jun 2009
Description: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown clings to political life as Cabinet members continue to leave
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" Third British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is clinging to his political life. He has lost six cabinet members in recent days there are many former allies who want him out of the -- well. Correspondent Amy Kellogg reports from London."
" From within his own party there are calls for him to quit as cabinet members resigned. This afternoon Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced those putting money on his divine."
" I had mixed. But there have been mistakes made I accept full responsibility. I'm gonna get on with the job nobody walks away when -- difficulty."
" Thursday's local election -- labor humiliating blow. The party's popularity plummeting to a 13%. Low according to one poll. Brown had been riding high priest for deft handling of the economic crisis he blamed America for the recession that now the British public is blaming him. This theme of this storm has been gathering for some time you made -- Lou in the wake of the expenses scandal. Founding members of parliament on both sides not spending taxpayer money on such extravagance is is nearing votes in building stock houses on their property and a little bit expensive -- those my friend today and it. The conservative leaders trying to capitalize on the chaos in what is happening to the authority of the government what has happened the authority over the prime minister. And more to the point I think the whole country will be thinking. Then we deserve better than this one political observer remarked that the Gordon Brown's story is Shakespearean. He spent so long plotting his rise to prime minister Katrina came true when Tony Blair handed the baton to in the summer 2007. Now others are. -- Having taken the reins of power from Blair brown was never actually voted into office and giving his flagging popularity his party may be frantic about grooming in new leader so it doesn't lose to the conservatives in the next general election. Which by British law must be held but an approximately a year in London Amy Kellogg Fox News."
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