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Labour 23 points behind

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party is lagging way behind its main rival the Conservative Party, an opinion poll showed yesterday, dealing a blow to Brown as he approaches his first anniversary in office.

The BPIX poll for the Mail on Sunday newspaper showed Labour trailing 23 points behind the Conservatives - with support of 26 percent for Brown's party versus 49 percent for the opposition.