London: Britain's main opposition
Conservatives on Sunday kicked off their final conference before
the general election, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown predicted
he would triumph at the polls.
The Conservatives, who have seen their opinion poll
lead shrink in the last week, unveiled their campaign slogan
and six key election pledges at the weekend gathering in
Brighton on the southern English coast.
Meanwhile Brown told members of his governing Labour
Party that they could still win the election, due by June 3 at
the latest, and indeed would seal a fourth straight term in
office.
The party, in power since 1997, has cut the
Conservatives' lead to five points, according to recent
opinion polls.
"When people ask if we can win that fight in 2010, I
say: we can. We must. And we will," Brown told delegates at
the Welsh Labour Conference in Swansea on the south Wales
coast.
The Conservatives announced their campaign slogan
would be "Vote for Change" -- Labour have gone with "A Future
Fair for All" -- and made pledges for "immediate and real"
action in six key areas.
The Tories said their priorities were: dealing with
the deficit; boosting enterprise; shoring up families; backing
the National Health Service; raising standards in schools; and
cleaning up politics.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, February 27, 2010, 23:57