Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency) The Liberal Democrats held the seat at first, with Liz Lynne winning at the 1992 general election, only to lose to Labour's Lorna Fitzsimons at the 1997 election. However, they regained the seat at the 2005 election, with Paul Rowen defeating Fitzsimons. In 2010, the town was brought to national attention when then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown was caught on a tape recording describing a local woman, Gillian Duffy, as a "bigot" after having a conversation with her while campaigning (later described as "Bigotgate" by the UK media), but despite the unfavourable publicity, Labour still managed to narrowly win the seat
Campbell Brown (TV program) focused on the 2008 campaign until Election Day. The program adopted the name "Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull" shortly before Election Day 2008. This name is based on the slogan the program adopted soon after Brown became the anchor, to differentiate Brown's program from other editorial-style cable news programs (such as "The O'Reilly Factor" and "Countdown with Keith Olbermann") with whom she was competing. The show began with Brown detailing her top story of the night and expressing a "no bull" review, her opinion, and other analysts' opinions as well. A segment at the end of the broadcast called