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Outlook Dark for Britain's Brown

PM's ratings tank in new poll, prompting Labour worries party could go down with him

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted May 11, 2008 1:53 PM CDT

(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... Read full story »

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