Posted on 02/21/2010 4:29:58 PM PST by Panzerlied
The U.K. election campaign, focused for months on topics like the economy and bankers' bonuses, veered Sunday to a more personal issue for Prime Minister Gordon Brown: his temper.
Mr. Brown was accused, in separate accounts, of temper fits and the bullying of staff members. The accusationsone in an excerpt from a new book, the other from a charity hot line that receives complaints about bullying behaviorunleashed a debate about the character of a leader who has a reputation in political circles for bad-tempered outbursts and moody self-reflection.
Mr. Brown and several political allies rejected the accusations.
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Oh, that Brown...
He doesn’t have a temper, just like McCain.
I was about to start defending his hunky bod.
Yeah, I saw that and thinking of Scott thought, “He at least fakes bonhomie really well!”
Maybe it just feels this way, but isn’t this one of the longest election campaigns in recent UK memory? It seems like the UK national elections are getting close to American elections, in terms of length of season.
I was going to say, it’s about time some Pubie did...
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