His Labour Party had trounced the Conservative Party, which had been in power for 18 years, securing its biggest-ever majority in the House of Commons of 179 seats. A drained Labour Party was defeated in 2010, getting just 29 percent of the vote. ___BROTHERLY FRICTIONDefeat meant a proper Labour Party leadership contest — unlike 2007's coronation of Brown. In the 2015 general election, Labour won just one seat in Scotland — against 41 five years earlier — as the pro-independence Scottish National Party swept to historic gains. One reason cited is that the polls show her winning strongly against a Labour Party led by someone most Labour lawmakers have tried to oust.

Source: Fox News May 01, 2017 10:52 UTC