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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: British PM vows to fight on AFP - 1 hour 33 minutes ago LONDON (AFP) - - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed to fight on, hoping that a hasty Cabinet reshuffle would prove enough in the battle to salvage his premiership. ADVERTISEMENT A defiant Brown vowed to tough it out after Cabinet members quit in bitter circumstances and his governing Labour Party suffered an electoral bloodbath. "I will not waver, I will not walk away... I will get on with the job," Brown said after announcing a swift but limited reshuffle in a bid to shore up his position. However, Britain's newspapers said his leadership was fatally crippled and called for a general election to restore some authority to government. And Labour rebels were reportedly considering their next move, with predicted dire European Parliament election results likely to reignite backbench unrest when they are announced Sunday. The shake-up, originally expected Monday, was brought forward ahead of Saturday's trip to France after four Cabinet ministers quit in quick succession -- taking the total number of ministerial resignations in the past few days to 10. Brown will be hoping his hasty reshuffle will prevent his overseas trip from echoing that of another British prime minister stuck out in France, vowing to fight on while unable to tackle party rebellion back home. In November 1990, prime minister Margaret Thatcher was holed up at a European summit in Paris as her authority ebbed away back in London. Two days later, she gave up the battle. James Purnell jumped first, sacrificing his position as work and pensions secretary, saying that under Brown, Labour had no chance of winning the next general election, due by June 2010 at the latest. And in a dramatic "stiletto in the back" moment, Europe minister Caroline Flint stormed out saying the premier had "strained every sinew" of her loyalty, running a "two-tier" government with women used as "female window dressing". Defence secretary John Hutton, transport secretary Geoff Hoon and Welsh secretary Paul Murphy also stepped down Friday, but without knifing Brown. Lord Peter Mandelson was instrumental in stopping further ministers from following Purnell, with some persuasive late-night telephone calls. He was rewarded with the title of first secretary of state -- de facto deputy prime minister -- but denied he was now the "kingmaker" in the British government. He insisted that getting rid of Brown would have spelled doom for the Labour Party and an inevitable swift general election. "Another leader couldn't simply mean another coronation; you would have to have a leadership contest," he told The Times newspaper. "A picture would be presented to the country that is entirely self-indulgent. A general election shortly afterwards would be unavoidable too." Mandelson said the mood inside Brown's Downing Street office had been calm. "No phones have been thrown," he said. Labour plotters were reportedly biding their time ahead of the European Parliament election results. If they mirror the outcome of the English local elections, also held Thursday, Labour will be trounced by the Conservatives -- and could even finish in fourth place if fringe eurosceptic parties do well. "On Monday, Labour MPs will be considering a very important question -- is Gordon Brown a winner or is Gordon Brown a loser?" warned disgruntled former Cabinet minister Stephen Byers. With results in from 33 out of 34 councils, the Conservatives have gained 230 seats and Labour have lost 272. Labour lost all four councils it was defending to the Conservatives, including heartlands like Derbyshire in central England -- which it controlled for 28 years. Fringe right-wing parties also did well in Labour strongholds -- the English Democrats won the vote for mayor of Doncaster. The far-right British National Party, hoping to win its first member of the European Parliament, has gained its first three county councillors. On Wednesday, Brown repeatedly failed to give job assurances to finance minister Alistair Darling. Crucially, he remains in place -- which commentators said showed Brown was critically damaged, without the authority or the nerve to sack him, nor touch other senior ministers like Foreign Secretary David Miliband. The Sun newspaper said Brown was "desperately weakened", having been "sabotaged" by his own party, and called for a general election. The Financial Times newspaper said Brown was "still standing -- just. The question is whether he can still govern. "He has failed to reassert his authority in the Cabinet reshuffle. He faces humiliation in the European elections. He should show he commands a clear majority in his party or step down and clear the way for a general election." 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