Topic: Gillian Duffy

bigotgate" gaffe credited with helping defeat Gordon Brown has returned to the spotlight - as guest of honour at a Labour Party event.. Gillian Duffy, branded a "bigoted woman" by Mr Brown, was invited to officially open the Rochdale constituency office of new ...

The fallout from Bigotgate

DAY OF DISASTER" screamed the Daily Telegraph yesterday, in four-centimetre-high letters, nearly twice as large as the letters spelling out the name of the newspaper.. There he encountered life-long Labour supporter Gillian Duffy, who had the nerve to press the prime minister ...

Politics, U.K. Style

The last full week of the United Kingdom's general election campaign for 2010 began with the focus on the economy. ) Then, as debate preparations were abandoned, the PM did an about-turn to apologize to Mrs. Duffy in person in her home ...
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown battled to keep his fading hopes of re-election alive Thursday in a crunch TV debate, amid a storm of criticism for slamming a widowed voter as "bigoted".The last of three televised contests with Conservative leader David ...

Brown faces crunch TV test after 'bigot' gaffe

Prime Minister Gordon Brown battled to keep his fading hopes of re-election alive Thursday in a crunch TV debate, amid a storm of criticism for slamming a widowed voter as "bigoted".The last of three televised contests with Conservative leader David Cameron ...

Labour in election tailspin after Brown's gaffe

<div><p>Labour saw its election campaign thrown into disarray on Thursday as Gordon Brown's criticism of an elderly widow as "bigoted" threatened to overshadow a crucial TV debate.</p><p>Opponents and the press poured scorn on the prime minister ...

Labour in election tailspin after PM's gaffe

<div><p>Labour saw its election campaign thrown into disarray Thursday as Gordon Brown's criticism of an elderly widow as "bigoted" threatened to overshadow a crucial TV debate.</p><p>Opponents and the press poured scorn on the prime minister for ...
<div><p>Britain's ruling Labour Party saw their election campaign thrown into disarray Thursday as Gordon Brown's criticism of an elderly widow as "bigoted" threatened to overshadow a crucial TV debate.</p><p>Opponents and the press poured scorn on ...
<div><p>British Prime Minister Gordon Brown battled Wednesday to limit the damage to his re-election hopes after calling an elderly widow "bigoted", in an embarrassing gaffe just a week before crucial polls.</p><p>Brown apologised in person to 66-year-old Gillian ...

Brown calls pensioner 'bigoted' in campaign gaffe

<div><p>Prime Minister Gordon Brown battled Wednesday to limit the damage to his re-election hopes after calling an elderly widow "bigoted", in an embarrassing gaffe just a week before crucial polls.</p><p>Brown apologised in person to 66-year-old Gillian Duffy ...