Pressure on UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown to resign is growing, after another minister quit his government on Thursday (4 June) and with his Labour party expected to show a disastrous result in Thursday's EU and local elections.
While announcing his own resignation, Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell, who was seen as a moderniser and a possible leadership candidate, called on the prime minister to step down too.
"Dear Gordon ...I now believe your continued leadership makes...
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