Labour lags behind in poll

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party is 11 points behind opposition Conservatives and the majority of his own supporters want him to stand down, an opinion poll in The Times showed yesterday.

The poll by Populus put support for Labour at 29 percent, down four points since last month. David Cameron's Conservatives were on 40 percent, up one point since last month, and Britain's third largest party, the Liberal Democrats, were up two points on 19 percent.

(China Daily 05/08/2008 page10)