Brown rallies party after failed coup

BRITISH prime minister Gordon Brown rallied Labour MPs last night, declaring that the “hard- won economic recovery” would provide them with a platform for victory at the general election.

The prime minister, addressing the first meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) since last week’s attempt to oust him, emphasised his commitment to working on the campaign with his team of ministers.

“I am not a team of one, I am one of a team,” he told the meeting, according to aides who were present.