ANALYSIS - UK's Brown struggles to revive political fortunes


LONDON (Reuters) - Buffeted by rows over Libya and Afghanistan, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown appears powerless to seize the initiative and turn around his fortunes before a national election due within nine months.

Brown has just returned from his summer holiday for a crucial new political year, but has been blown off course by an outcry over the Scottish government's decision to release a Libyan agent convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing.

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