'I've Taken Far Worse Blows in Life.. I'm Not Tired, It's Not Too Much for Me. What Matters Is the Future of This Country' ; Election 2010 Gordon Defiant

Sunday MirrorMay 02, 2010

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GORDON Brown was in defiant mood yesterday as he toured the North- East of England at the end of a gruelling and difficult week.

Earlier in the morning, travelling by train with his entourage in economy class from London to Newcastle, he spoke to me slowly but with fierce determination.

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'I've Taken Far Worse Blows in Life.. I'm Not Tired, It's Not Too Much for Me. What Matters Is the Future of This Country' ; Election 2010 Gordon Defiant

His wife Sarah sat nearby, as did Peter Mandelson, ever watchful.

Sarah is protective, anxious. There was a sense of strain in her eyes.

The Prime Minister himself looked pale and tired as he reflected on his "disastrous" encounter with Gillian Duffy in Rochdale.

"I hope I've made things up with her," he said. "I made a mistake [by referring to her as "bigoted"]. I apologised. It was right to go to see her and I feel a misunderstanding was corrected. She seemed willing to accept that...

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