Transcript: Brown's Labour Party Faces Losses in Thursday Vote

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STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
04-30-2008
Brown's Labour Party Faces Losses in Thursday Vote

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It wasn't easy to follow Jane Pauley on "The Today Show." It wasn't easy to follow Ronald Reagan as president. And it has not been easy to follow Tony Blair as prime minister of Britain. Blair led Britain's Labour Party, which, until recently, was so dominant that even the war in Iraq did not drive it from power. His replacement, Gordon Brown, faces more trouble, though, just as local elections arrive. We have more this morning from NPR's Rob Gifford in London.

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