The big revelation is that Gordon Brown's abusive behaviour and volcanic eruptions of foul temper left Downing Street staff so frightened that he received an unprecedented reprimand from the head of the civil service.
The Mail on Sunday has uncovered new evidence of Mr Brown’s extraordinary eruptions, including an incident in which he hurled a tirade of foul-mouthed abuse at Bank of England Governor Mervyn King in a stand-up row.
The Prime Minister though comes out fighting in the Indy.In an exclusive interview with the paper he says that he is frustrated with the way he is portrayed by what he sees as a "hostile" media.
"It is simply a lie to say that I've ever hit anybody in my life," Mr Brown said. "I may have done one or two good tackles at rugby, but the idea that is suggested in this so-called inside account is just ludicrous."
The question is what damage is the Rawnsley book going to do.Timed to push the relaunched Observer's sales figures up,its timing with the launch of the Labour campaign slogan will not have gone unnoticed.
The news that a
Paranoid Mr Brown grabbed an aide violently and shouted: 'They're out
to get me!' The raging PM thumped the rear of the front seat of his car so hard
that it scared the bodyguard sitting in it; while an aide sitting next to Mr
Brown thought the PM was going to smash him in the face.
is not going to go down well.
It's a shame for the party because the latest Sunday Times' poll from You Gov shows the polls narrowing.There is just a 6 per cent gap now and with Michael Heseltine's spectacular intervention in the Sunday Telegraph where he says that David Cameron will will not win a general election outright and will struggle to form a government,
His comments, at a meeting of party members in west London, reflect a growing anxiety among the leadership about the size of the task they still face to secure outright victory.
