Two days after disastrous EU election results for Britain's ruling Labour party, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has fought off calls for his resignation. In a closed-door meeting with his 350 members of parliament on Monday night, Brown said he was determined to continue running the country, but that he knew there was room for improvement in his leadership skills. "I have my strengths and I have my weaknesses," Brown told the MPs. "I know there are some things I do well, some things not so well." He added that he had much to learn about a collective way of leading the party and the government. Brown described the past week, which saw 11 of his ministers resign and his party take a severe battering in both local and EU elections, as one of the toughest of his premiership. But he said the time had come for Labour to reunite behind him.
In a closed-door meeting with his 350 members of parliament on Monday night, Brown said he was determined to continue running the country, but that he knew there was room for improvement in his leadership skills.
"I have my strengths and I have my weaknesses," Brown told the MPs. "I know there are some things I do well, some things not so well." He added that he had much to learn about a collective way of leading the party and the government.
Brown described the past week, which saw 11 of his ministers resign and his party take a severe battering in both local and EU elections, as one of the toughest of his premiership. But he said the time had come for Labour to reunite behind him.
