British Coup Attempt: Gordon Brown Survives, But Faces Call For General Election

British Coup Attempt: Gordon Brown Survives, But Faces Call For General Election

Gordon Brown faced fresh demands for an immediate general election today after he survived a backbench coup but received only lukewarm statements of support from key cabinet ministers, including the foreign secretary, David Miliband.

David Cameron, the Conservative leader, and Nick Clegg, his Liberal Democrat counterpart, both said this morning that yesterday's attempt by two former cabinet ministers to unseat Brown showed that Labour was no longer fit to govern.

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