Brown holds poll lead
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown is building on his run of popularity since taking over the top job last month, while opposition leader David Cameron falters, opinion polls suggested Sunday.
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A new opinion poll offered decidedly mixed news for Prime Minister Tony Blair: while he looks set to win the next election, his arch rival Gordon Brown is now a more popular choice as premier.
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Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair as  British prime minister on Wednesday, inheriting a Labour  government trailing in many polls because of Iraq and needing  to win back voters if it is to secure a fourth consecutive  term.
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President Bush leads Sen. John Kerry by 8 percentage points among likely voters, the latest USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows. That is a smaller advantage than the president held in mid-September but shows him maintaining a durable edge in a race that was essentially tied for months.
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British voters handed a first electoral  victory to Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday, when his  Labour Party retained two parliamentary seats in by-elections,  albeit with reduced majorities.
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Gordon Brown refuses to rule out a snap election as he prepares for his first Labour conference speech as leader.
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Gordon Brown is still on course to become Prime Minister after the next election, friends of Tony Blair said last night, as frantic efforts were under way to patch up a potentially explosive rift between the two men.
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Gordon Brown refuses to rule out a snap general election insisting he was simply "getting on with the job".
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Gordon Brown, who wants to succeed Tony Blair as prime minister, has sought to dispel doubts he is fit for Britain's top job and welcomed a challenge to face Labour Party rivals for the leadership.
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Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair as British prime minister on Wednesday, inheriting a Labour government trailing in many polls because of Iraq and needing to win back voters if it is to secure a fourth consecutive term.
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Ukrainian prime minister Viktor Yanukovich held a slim lead in Ukraine âs presidential race as of 10:00 Monday morning, with 41 percent compared to Viktor Yuschenkoâs 38 percent, according to partial results.
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Gordon Brown will try to focus Labour's conference on the economy, after delegates forced a vote on Iraq.
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Conservative leader David Cameron has lost further ground to Prime Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown in an opinion poll published Tuesday.
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A new opinion poll offered decidedly mixed news for British Prime Minister Tony Blair: while he looks set to win the next election, his finance minister and arch rival Gordon Brown is now a more popular choice as premier.
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Gordon Brown has denied he had any doubts about the Iraq war and said strong support for the United States would continue under his leadership.
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Chancellor Gordon Brown has said Labour had to build a &quot;shared national purpose&quot; and a &quot;progressive consensus&quot; in the run-up to the next election.
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British treasury chief Gordon Brown assured Labour Party delegates that in succeeding the Prime Minister, he would continue his course