THE lifelong Labour supporter branded a "bigot" by Gordon Brown said she was more offended at being called "that woman".

In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, Gillian Duffy revealed she will not be voting for any party despite accepting the Prime Minister's apology after his unguarded remark sparked a political storm during a visit to Rochdale.

The pensioner also said she had snubbed his invitation to shake hands in front of the cameras.

Mrs Duffy, 65, described how she was more taken aback by being called "that woman" than she was at Mr Brown's "bigot" remark.

She said: "It wasn't the bigot, it was that he said 'that woman'. I thought 'what does he mean, that woman?'... It's not nice, it's not nice at all."

Mr Brown's campaign tour was thrown into a tailspin last Wednesday after he was forced to offer profuse apologies to the widow.

After an apparently good-natured conversation on a range of hot political issues, Mr Brown said it had been "very good" to meet Mrs Duffy, before slipping into his prime ministerial Jaguar to be sped away. But, having forgotten to remove his television microphone, his real thoughts about the encounter were recorded by broadcasters.

Speaking out for the first time since Mr Brown's apology, Mrs Duffy added: "He wanted me to go outside with him and shake his hands for the camera but I said no. I didn't want that fuss." Mrs Duffy said she was "shocked" by the episode and felt more "sad" than "angry" about what happened.

When Mr Brown came to her house, Mrs Duffy said she told him: "I'm sorry for you, Gordon, because you have more to lose than me. I'm very sorry that this has happened but it's you who's going to lose out not me."

Writing in the Sunday Mirror, Mr Brown's wife Sarah said he would "forever regret" his comments about Mrs Duffy. Mrs Brown said: "I wasn't with Gordon at the time, but I could tell from the tone of his voice when he called me that he'd done something he felt mortified about."