LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour party
must "pull together" after reports of serious internal
discontent about its leader, Ed Miliband, or risk damaging its
chances at a national election next year, the party's campaign
co-ordinator has warned.
Labour have a narrow lead over Prime Minister David
Cameron's Conservatives in opinion polls ahead of an election in
May 2015. But Miliband's personal rating has sunk to its lowest
ever level, raising doubts among supporters whether he is
capable of delivering an outright win.
Newspaper reports on Thursday said unnamed members of
Miliband's team feared that lawmakers in his own party were
circulating a letter calling for him to resign. Miliband
dismissed the reports as "nonsense."
Douglas Alexander, the party's general election
co-ordinator, called for unity after the plot whispers.
"He (Miliband) has got challenges but all of us have got
challenges in every political party and everyone of us in the
Labour party has to reflect the reality that divided parties
lose elections," Alexander told BBC TV on Thursday night.
"We have got a profound responsibility ... to pull together
to offer credible change in the face of these tough economic
times and that's exactly what we plan to do."
(Reporting by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
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