By DPA
London : Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown Monday appeared to dampen speculation that he could call a snap election next month, three months after he took power.
Speaking in a television interview Monday, Brown said he would first focus on the “concerns of the country,” including the fight against crime and better health care.
Later Monday, Brown will address his first annual conference as leader of the Labour Party in Bournemouth, southern Britain.
He is expected to tell the party that he would like Labour to remain in power “for another 10 years,” reports said.
Brown, who took over from Tony Blair in June, has consistently had favourable opinion polls since his appointment, which took place without a contest.
A poll published in the Sun newspaper Monday put Labour at 42 percent, compared with 34 per cent for the Conservatives, the main opposition party led by David Cameron.
Speculation has been rife that Brown, encouraged by the polls, would call a “snap election” at the end of October. But a date next spring is equally likely.