UK’s Brown to quit to save Labour – answers

true/false/no evidence

1. Gordon Brown has stepped down as Labour leader. F: his has announced that he will step down
2. The decision has been made to help the talks with the Liberal Democrats. T
3. Britain has a hung parliament. T (no one party achieved a majority of votes)
4. The British people do not like any of the party leaders. NE we only know that no party got enough votes to rule we don’t know opinions about the leaders
5. Gordon Brown feels that the people have judged him personally. T: he feels that the leaders must take responsibility
6. The talks with the Conservative have been inconclusive. F: the election was inconclusive
7. Talks with the Conservatives have now ended. F: they will continue
8. The Labour-Liberal Democrat talks will be formal. T: these have been requested by the Liberal Democrats
9. The Liberal Democrats are a popular party despite only coming third in the election. NE: we don’t know anything about this from the report
10. Mr Brown is looking forward to having a new Labour leader in September. NE: we know a new leader may be in place in September but we don’t know how Brown feels about this