Parties attack Brown election decision

Parties attack Brown election decision

source almanarTV

07/10/2007 UK opposition parties say they are disappointed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown's decision not to call an autumn election. The Conservatives say Brown was frightened by opinion polls in the Sunday Times and News of the World which put the Tories ahead of Labor. Brown said a vote was being delayed so people had time to see how successful his policies were. "I'll not be calling an election. I have a vision for change in Britain and I want to show people how in government we're implementing it," Brown said. "Over the summer months we've had to deal with crises, we've had to deal with foot-and-mouth, with terrorism, with floods, we had financial crises." He added. Conservative leader David Cameron said Brown had shown "great weakness and indecision", and had made a "humiliating retreat". Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell said that Brown had a "crisis of confidence", and that his decision showed "a loss of nerve".