Brown rallies election support

GORDON Brown warned Labour yesterday that the party faced “the fight of our lives” to win the British general election.

As its autumn conference got under way in Brighton, he sought to rally ministers, MPs and activists behind a major counter-assault against the Tories ahead of an election which must be held within nine months.

Chancellor Alistair Darling berated the party for failing to put up a fight against the Tories, who maintain a commanding lead in the polls.