Gordo: ‘I could walk away tomorrow’

That’s how British Prime Minister Gordon Brown starts a new Guardian interview, his first since the so-called “Hotmail coup attempt” by Labour backbenchers.

But, “could” does not mean “will.” While Brown acknowledges he has communications problems at times, he insists he is sticking around that that Labour under his leadership will win the next general election. As part of that, he says his stimulus measures’ effect will be visible by then.