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World Brown has said Labor are in "the fight of our lives" to cling to power after 13 years and Wednesday's disastrous blunder will not have helped. The opposition Conservatives are first in all the opinion polls, with Labor and the smaller Liberal Democrats, or Lib Dems, vying for second place. "Yesterday was yesterday. Today I want to talk about the future of the economy," Brown said Thursday at a factory near Birmingham, where the TV debate will take place at 1930 GMT. But the fallout from his gaffe was still dominating media coverage. Brown, whose critics paint him as a socially inept bully, was caught Wednesday complaining about a woman in her 60s who had challenged his government's immigration policy. "She's just sort of a bigoted woman," Brown was unwittingly recorded as saying to his aides after meeting Gillian Duffy. The comment has been replayed countless times across the media. He later apologized to Duffy in person, but the slipup heaped pressure on him to claw back lost ground in the televised leaders' debate, the last of three before the May 6 election. While the episode was an embarrassment for Brown, it won't affect the way most people vote, according to an opinion poll. A YouGov survey for the Sun newspaper found only nine percent thought it would make them less likely to vote Labor. Three percent were more likely to back Brown, five percent were undecided and 83 percent said it would make no difference. The U.S.-style debates, a first in British politics, have dominated campaigning and the final one will focus on the economy, the most important issue of the election as Britain struggles with sluggish growth and a huge deficit. "I think the debate will stand on its own," said Conservative leader David Cameron, who stands to replace Brown as prime minister if his party wins. "It's a very important moment in the election," he told BBC TV. Senior Labor minister Alan Johnson told the BBC that Brown would be "pulling out all the stops" in the debate. THIRD MAN The third man battling with Brown and Cameron in the TV debate will be Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, whose popularity surged after a strong performance in the first encounter. Opinion polls consistently predict the Lib Dems will grab enough votes to deny both the traditional main parties an overall majority, an outcome not seen since 1974. Economists and financial analysts see a 65 percent chance or greater of a "hung parliament," where no single party has an overall majority, a Reuters poll showed Thursday, some 10 percentage points higher than a month ago. A poll of experts from 32 banks, brokerages, consultancies and other financial institutions who regularly contribute to the Reuters Bank of England interest rate poll showed all but one rating an outright Conservative majority as best for markets. A Reuters/Ipsos MORI poll of "marginal seats," ones held by Labor that the Conservatives need to win to triumph at national level, suggested the election would deliver a "hung parliament." It also found nearly half of voters in these swing seats might still change their minds, suggesting the outcome was still wide open. The Conservatives say a hung parliament would unnerve markets and damage the economy because parties would be jostling for position rather than tackling the deficit, running at more than 11 percent of gross domestic product. The media will scrutinize the last TV debate for any clues on the extent or timing of the budget cuts required. Politicians have been wary of scaring voters by being too candid about what are expected to be severe reductions. The Conservatives want to present an emergency budget to cut spending, a move they say will safeguard Britain's AAA credit rating. Both the Conservatives and Lib Dems warn Britain risks a Greek-style economic meltdown if the deficit is not slashed. Labor points to signs of economic growth, which it says will be put at risk if deep budget cuts are made too soon. Such are the tough measures needed to tackle the deficit that winning the election could be a poisoned chalice, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King was quoted as saying. U.S. economist David Hale told Australian television that King had told him last week that "whoever wins this election will be out of power for a whole generation because of how tough the fiscal austerity will have to be." (Additional reporting and writing by Michael Holden, Estelle Shirbon, Jodie Ginsberg and Mohammed Abbas; Editing by Alison Williams and Mark Heinrich) World Comments See All Comments (2) | Post Comment Apr 29, 2010 5:54am EDT I feel sorry for Brown on this one. saw full video here http://lnkgt.com/3ij daisi Report As Abusive Apr 29, 2010 10:26am EDT I always thought Mr. Brown was a boob. This sorry episode proves it. The sooner this chap is gone the better. Gotthardbahn Report As Abusive See All Comments (2) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. 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