Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today he would serve a full term as premier if reelected at the coming election, in contrast to his predecessor Tony Blair who went to the ballot box in 2005 declaring he would step down, according to Reuters. "If I stand for election I would be putting myself forward for the term of that election, that's obvious, isn't it?" he told a parliamentary committee. British parliaments last for a maximum of five years between elections, meaning Brown could be prime minister until 2015. However, Brown's Labour government is seen losing an election expected on May 6, even though recent opinion polls have seen the opposition Conservatives' lead narrowing. Blair won three successive terms for Labour, but campaigned in the third poll saying he would not seek a fourth term. It was a decision he later came to regret after the question of the exact date for his resignation overshadowed domestic politics. In 2006 he revealed to an Australian broadcaster his doubts over the announcement, made on the eve of a heart operation in 2004 and under pressure from the fallout of the Iraq war. Blair said it was "an unusual thing for me to say, but people kept asking me the question so I decided to answer it. Maybe that was a mistake."
