Great clunking fist
Blair was once called Bambi, so I suppose it’s natural for Brown to be Thumper, (or Thumper.)
Whether he is really Mad Bad Gordon Brown wielding physical violence is not just the issue. Number 10 is one of the highest profile workplaces in the country and should show a lead on standards of professional behaviour: it should be above suspicion.
Anyone concerned about workplace bullying should be aghast that these rumours can be left hanging in the air with anaemic denials. That sentiment applies equally to both physical and verbal bullying
Let’s be quite clear about this; the Labour party has committed in its manifesto to the eradication of workplace bullying. The TUC, which funds the Labour party, campaigns against workplace bullying. You can even, with no trace of irony, find a petition against workplace bullying on the Number 10 website. The Labour party website expresses similar concerns.
The silence you hear is the sound of hypocrisy. If there were allegations about a high-profile private sector organisation this would all be treated very differently: the Today programme investigations would have rolled out this morning, a plethora of (state funded) charities would have called for more money and no doubt it would all come back to the evil variety of capitalism created by Margaret Thatcher.
Instead the liberal elite have avoided this issue entirely: they know full well that their own power and privileges are at stake. Words fail me. The ballot box won’t.