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[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:华研外语] [00:00.00]The BBC has learned that the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown [00:03.44]has decided that the British general election will take place on May 6th. [00:07.56]Mr. Brown will go to Buckingham Palace tomorrow Tuesday [00:11.41]to ask Queen Elizabeth to dissolve parliament, [00:13.53]and then make a formal announcement of the election date. [00:16.34]That will start the official election campaign, [00:18.96]which, a BBC correspondent says, [00:21.32]will be dominated by issues of taxation and spending [00:24.31]in the wake of the global recession. [ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:华研外语] [00:00.00]Less than six months before a general election in Britain, [00:04.71]the governing Labour Party is embroiled again in internal strife. [00:08.20]Two former cabinet ministers have called for secret ballot of members [00:12.11]to decide whether the Prime Minister Gordon Brown [00:14.66]should continue as party leader. [00:16.53]Mr. Brown has called a general election by June this year. [00:19.27]Our political correspondent Rob Watson reports. [00:22.44]The two former cabinet ministers Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt [00:26.98]had stunned everyone at Westminster [00:29.22]with their last-minute efforts to challenge Gordon Browns leadership. [00:32.64]But Downing Street and Labour Party officials [00:35.81]have moved quickly to quash any revolts. [00:38.18]Most importantly, current cabinet ministers [00:42.03]have come out and backed the prime minister, [00:44.40]orbiting some case