Gordon Brown has described last week’s call by two former cabinet colleagues for him to face a secret leadership ballot as a “form of silliness”.
In an interview with The News Of The World, he also says he will serve a full term if Labour is re-elected.
After details of the challenge emerged, the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, was alleged in some quarters to have shown only lukewarm support.
Full story: Gordon Brown says leadership challenge was ‘silliness’.