GORDON BROWN insisted yesterday he did understand public fears about immigration as he tried to move on from his “bigot” slur.

It was “immigration, immigration, immigration” as the ghost of Gordon Brown’s campaign gaffe haunted tonight’s TV debate between prime ministerial hopefuls.

Gordon Brown insisted today that he did understand public fears about immigration as he tried to put behind him his gaffe of branding a pensioner a “bigoted woman”.

Gordon Brown will attempt to lift himself for the third and final prime ministerial debate today after offering a grovelling apology for branding a pensioner “bigoted”.

GORDON BROWN’S description of a voter he had just spoken to as a “bigoted woman” is the first big gaffe of the general election campaign – and potentially the most damaging one.

GORDON Brown’s campaign suffered a self-inflicted blow yesterday when he was forced to apologise publicly and in person after branding a pensioner “bigoted”.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown described himself as a “penitent sinner” today after personally apologising to a voter he described as a “bigoted woman”.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised "profusely" after being caught on microphone branding a woman who spoke to him on the campaign trail "bigoted".

A GANG of thugs set fire to an 11-week-old Yorkshire Terrier before hurling the petrified pup from a moving car, animal welfare workers said.

A gang of thugs set fire to an 11-week-old Yorkshire Terrier before hurling the petrified pup from a moving car, animal welfare workers said today.