Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »

Mon 06 Jun 2007Brown suggests no change in policy on IraqGordon Brown has assumed the Labour leadership with a promise to "heed and lead the call for change" in Britain ahead of his party's bid for a fourth term in power, writes Frank Millar, London Editor.And he has acted immediately to put his party on an election footing, announcing that cabinet minister Douglas Alexander will be his general election co-ordinator, with the role of ensuring Labour is poised to "fight and win" an election "whenever the prime minister decides to call it".