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Outlook Dark for Britain's Brown  

Posted May 11, 08 1:53 PM CDT in World    Most Covered

(newser) – British PM Gordon Brown suffered his worst ratings yet today, falling behind Conservative Party leader David Cameron in every category in a new survey. The Labour leader is scrambling to win back public favor after three in four people said he was doing a bad job, with almost half calling his governance very bad, the Guardian reports.

Brown's next move will be a proposal that would extend the right to flexible hours to millions more working mothers. But with Cameron seen by the public as more caring, competent, intelligent, and likable than Brown, Labour ministers devastated by recent elections are worried that Brown's high negatives will continue to hurt their party.

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Outlook Dark for Britain's Brown
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves his official residence, 10 Downing Street in London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, Wednesday May 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Outlook Dark for Britain's Brown
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, center, meets Ian Paisley, Northern Ireland First Minister, during a visit to Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday, May, 8, 2008.   (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Outlook Dark for Britain's Brown
Gordon Brown is seen being interviewed for the BBC1 current affairs programme, The Andrew Marr Show, Sunday May 4 2008. Brown's Labour Party suffered its worst election results in four decades.   (AP Photo)
Outlook Dark for Britain's Brown
A new public opinion poll shows that Britons favor Conservative leader David Cameron over Prime Minister Gordon Brown in every category.   (AP Photo/Sang Tan, WPA Pool)
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