Brown vows to battle on, lead Labour to victoryGordon Brown stressed his determination to stay on as prime minister and lead his Labour Party into the next general election, in an interview published Sunday. Despite a raging expenses scandal, plummeting ratings and new attacks from disgruntled dis·grun·tle tr.v. dis·grun·tled, dis·grun·tling, dis·grun·tles To make discontented. [dis- + gruntle, to grumble (from Middle English gruntelen; see ministers, Brown predicted he would defy de·fy tr.v. de·fied, de·fy·ing, de·fies 1. a. To oppose or resist with boldness and assurance: defied the blockade by sailing straight through it. b. the opinion polls and steer Labour to victory in the vote which must be held within a year. "It is because of my purpose in politics that I am determined to lead Labour to the next general election. We must and we will win," he told the News of the World tabloid. His de facto [Latin, In fact.] In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs that must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. deputy, Peter Mandelson The Rt Hon. Peter Benjamin Mandelson (born 21 October 1953) is the current British Commissioner of the European Union for Trade. Before taking this post, he was a British Labour politician, and served as Member of Parliament for Hartlepool for twelve years. , has predicted that sniping over Brown's leadership may resurface re·sur·face v. re·sur·faced, re·sur·fac·ing, re·sur·fac·es v.tr. To cover with a new surface: resurfacing a road; resurfaced the floor. v.intr. at the party's annual conference in September. Reports said Brown already faced new attacks from cabinet members. The Sunday Times newspaper said senior ministers had questioned Brown's tactics for taking on the opposition Conservative Party at the next election. Brown insisted that Labour should fight the election on a platform of more public spending, while the Conservatives have said spending must be drastically cut because of the economic crisis. The Conservatives have a convincing lead in opinion polls. With a parliamentary expenses scandal still dominating headlines, Brown warned lawmakers they should spend their 13-week summer break rebuilding the trust of the electorate. "It has never been the trapping trapping, most broadly, the use of mechanical or deceptive devices to capture, kill, or injure animals. It may be applied to the practice of using birdlime to capture birds, lobster pots to trap lobsters, and seines to catch fish. of power I care about but what we can do in power to help hard-pressed families," he said. "When people talk about the summer I think MPs will be wanting to be in their constituencies for a lot of time, talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to people." Brown admitted he would only be able to restore public faith in his government if he "moves quickly" and by "doing the right thing". His authority has been shaken by the resignation of several ministers -- some accompanied by sharp personal attacks -- the expenses scandal and a drubbing for Labour in European Parliament European Parliament, a branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU). It convenes on a monthly basis in Strasbourg, France; most meetings of the separate parliamentary committees are held in Brussels, Belgium, and its Secretariat is located in Luxembourg. and English local elections earlier this month. The Sunday Telegraph newspaper said it understood that Brown was now trying to project a more human image in a bid to "reconnect" with voters. He is to appear in a religious television programme this week as part of the campaign, it reported. Brown gave an unusually personal interview to The Guardian newspaper, published Saturday, in which he admitted he had been hurt by criticism aimed at him and said he could easily "walk away from all of this tomorrow". "I'm not interested in what accompanies being in power. It wouldn't worry me if I never returned to any of those places -- Downing Street Downing Street, Westminster, London, England. On the street are the British Foreign Office and, at No. 10, the residence of the first lord of the Treasury, who is usually (although not necessarily) the prime minister of Great Britain. , Chequers. That would not worry me at all. And it would probably be good for my children." He added: "Look, find weaknesses in me, criticise me for my weaknesses -- I'm not as great a presenter of information or communicator as I would like to be." Brown also added that he might be drawn towards teaching -- a "great profession" -- as a post-Downing Street career. 
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