[quote=BBC News]
Gordon Brown has hit back at claims by chancellor Alistair Darling that Labour has "lost the will to live".
The prime minister defended his leadership and vowed to "fight for the future," telling the BBC's Andrew Marr programme: "I do not roll over".
He also said laws to "ban" old-style bank bonuses and punish banks who still pay them will be produced shortly.
And he denied rumours about his health and insisted his eyesight is not "deteriorating".
Speaking as Labour party members gather in Brighton for its annual conference, Mr Brown said the country was emerging from the recession because of the actions the government had taken but he now had to "prove we are fighting for the future as well".
He said he would use his conference speech to set out how he would deal with "the whole future of our economy and the whole future of our society".
Bankers' bonuses
Asked if the party had "lost the will to live", as Mr Darling has claimed, he said: "Not.. not.. not at all," adding: "A setback can either be a challenge that means it's an opportunity to do something better or you roll over. I do not roll over.
Enough is enough. I am not going to stand by and allow people to return to...the bad old days
Gordon Brown on bankers' bonuses
Brown to 'ban old bonus system'
"The setback for me is the challenge, the opportunity, to learn of course if you make mistakes and to do things better."
On bankers' bonuses, he promised legislation in the forthcoming Queen's Speech to "ban" the existing system.
"Enough is enough. I am not going to stand by and allow people to return to...the bad old days," the prime minister told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show.
"Just as we will have a Fiscal Responsibility Act to deal with public finances, we will come back and we will have a new Business and Financial Services Act as well that will ban the old bonus systems and make it impossible for firms to go back to using them."
He was also asked, for the first time in a television interview, about Westminster rumours he might use concerns about his health as a reason for stepping down as prime minister ahead of a general election.
Health questions
Andrew Marr told Mr Brown he wanted to ask about "something everybody has been talking about in the Westminster village... A lot of people in this country use prescription painkillers and pills to help them get through. Are you one of them?"
The prime minister replied: "No. I think this is the sort of questioning which is all too often entering the lexicon of British politics."
He also denied his sight is deteriorating - something he was asked about last week on American television.
The prime minister lost the sight in one eye following a teenage rugby accident and suffers reduced vision in the other eye - but he said he had recently undergone an annual check-up which showed no deterioration in the vision of his good eye.
When Andrew Marr asked again about the issue of painkiller use, the prime minister said: "I've already answered that question."
Poll findings
In an interview in The Observer, Mr Darling accuses Labour - from the prime minister and himself down - of appearing to concede the advantage to the Conservatives without a fight.
"From the prime minister, the chancellor, every government minister. It is all our responsibilities," he says.
Likening the party to a losing football side who have allowed their heads to drop well before the final whistle, he says: "We don't look as if we have got fire in our bellies."
It comes as an ICM poll for the News of the World finds more than half of those surveyed still think Gordon Brown could win the next election.
Some 11% of the 1,003 adults say Labour has a good chance of winning with Mr Brown and 48% say it has a slim chance. But 41% think it probably or definitely has no chance, the poll finds.
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Am i the only one who found the headline to this article painfully funny?
Now I'm imaging Gordon Brown as a turtle
I think Gordon is being a good prime minister for us.
He's been thrown in at the deep end 'cause of Blair's screw ups, and he isn't doing as bad as I thought he would at picking up the pieces.
[QUOTE=ThePutty;17528687]Now I'm imaging Gordon Brown as a turtle[/QUOTE]
Damn you. I am now laughing at imagining turtle Gordon singing Should I stay or should I go
[QUOTE=Fancy Kitty;17528739]Damn you. I am now laughing at imagining turtle Gordon singing Should I stay or should I go[/QUOTE]
It's not gordon, but close enough.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1vwKZiDsY4[/media]
[QUOTE=Deadollie;17528859]It's not gordon, but close enough.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1vwKZiDsY4[/media][/QUOTE]
that's fucking brilliant
[editline]12:13PM[/editline]
I miss Tony Blair
"And now welcome the man who made the Conservatives and electable party again... Gordon Brown!"
[QUOTE=GeeBee;17529010]that's fucking brilliant
[editline]12:13PM[/editline]
I miss Tony Blair[/QUOTE]
I don't, he was a cunt.
[QUOTE=Morbo!!!;17529132]"And now welcome the man who made the Conservatives and electable party again... Gordon Brown!"[/QUOTE]
Lib Dems are the way to go... so long as you ignore the fact that last time they were in power the working week had to be reduced to three days, we almost had a millitary coup and they still dont really know what they want.
[QUOTE=toxicpiano;17529233]I don't, he was a cunt.[/QUOTE]
they are all cunts :)
I like tony for lowering the penalty for cannabis but then allong comes brown to fuck it up again.
Labour are pretty much out because everyone blames them for the fuck up. Lib Dems won't get enough votes so it's gonna be the Tories who are basically the same anyway :frown:
I think the MRL party should get in.
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;17528707]I think Gordon is being a good prime minister for us.
He's been thrown in at the deep end 'cause of Blair's screw ups, and he isn't doing as bad as I thought he would at picking up the pieces.[/QUOTE]
Uh, he's hardly blameless. He was councillor of the exchequer for ten years under Blair, and let's not forget he sold our gold reserves when gold was practically at its lowest price [i]ever[/i].
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;17528707]I think Gordon is being a good prime minister for us.
He's been thrown in at the deep end 'cause of Blair's screw ups, and he isn't doing as bad as I thought he would at picking up the pieces.[/QUOTE]
No he's shit, and he refuses to admit mistakes/problems.
[QUOTE=Cloak Raider;17529609]No he's shit, and he refuses to admit mistakes/problems.[/QUOTE]
Of course If he did people would panick even more.
He's already lost the election, why don't we just give up pardner?
The Conservatives ahead, and the Prime Minister said roll over, roll over!
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;17528707]I think Gordon is being a good prime minister for us.
He's been thrown in at the deep end 'cause of Blair's screw ups, and he isn't doing as bad as I thought he would at picking up the pieces.[/QUOTE]
Amen. I agree, it really annoys me when people point the finger at him and complain about how shit he is. He really isn't, if you want to point the finger, point it at his cabinet and former PM Tony Blair.
Brown has had to deal with a hell of a lot more shit than Blair ever had, much of which is fallout from Blair, and has coped admirably. The media just scapegoat him mercilessly.
Whatever is going on with him he's still a complete and utter twat.
[QUOTE=Craigewan;17530523]Amen. I agree, it really annoys me when people point the finger at him and complain about how shit he is. He really isn't, if you want to point the finger, point it at his cabinet and former PM Tony Blair.
Brown has had to deal with a hell of a lot more shit than Blair ever had, much of which is fallout from Blair, and has coped admirably. The media just scapegoat him mercilessly.[/QUOTE]
If there's one thing which lets England down, it's our media.
[quote=cypher_09;17531046]if there's one thing which lets england down, it's our media.[/quote]
[cough] The Sun [/cough]
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;17531046]If there's one thing which lets England down, it's our media.[/QUOTE]
What about BBC News? They're, like, best in the world n shit.
I'm not relating to specific companies.
I'm talking about the media as a bigger picture, it's attitudes etc.
[QUOTE=radioactive;17531058][cough] The Sun [/cough][/QUOTE]
The daily mail is much worse.
I'm moving house and I need boxes to get my pictures in.
[editline]04:32PM[/editline]
GODDAMNIT ALWAYS BREAKING MY AUTOMERGE
Jesus
[QUOTE=Deadollie;17529236]Lib Dems are the way to go... so long as you ignore the fact that last time they were in power the working week had to be reduced to three days, we almost had a millitary coup and they still dont really know what they want.[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, but if you're not then I think you pretty much summed up why we DO NOT want the Lib Dems in power.
But personally, I am glad that Gordon Brown is PM. It means that the Conservatives will have an easy ride in the next election, win and get into power.
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;17531117]I'm not relating to specific companies.
I'm talking about the media as a bigger picture, it's attitudes etc.[/QUOTE]
I would agree with you there.
[QUOTE=lazyguy;17531710]I'm moving house and I need boxes to get my pictures in.
[editline]04:32PM[/editline]
GODDAMNIT ALWAYS BREAKING MY AUTOMERGE
Jesus[/QUOTE]
I have about 1000 boxes. You want some?
Yeah dude
[editline]05:23PM[/editline]
They better be big boxes because I have some biiiiig pictures
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