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Rachel Sylvester has a rather damning article in the Times again on  the subject of Gordon Brown’s inability to govern as he is indecisive and dithering. As Rachel says:

Perhaps it is, as Lord Mandelson suggests, because he is so driven. But other ministers say that Mr Brown’s tendency to go into an emotional frenzy makes it harder for him to make decisions in a calm and cool manner. “Children lose control and have a tantrum when they don’t get their way because that’s the only way they can assert themselves,” says one. “Gordon’s anger is a sign of weakness and insecurity — and that matters because weakness leads to indecision and dithering and there are endless examples of that.”

There are some people who get things done by shouting, but Mr Brown’s meltdown moments seem to create a sense of paralysis. Indeed, Sir Gus O’Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary, has privately expressed concern about Mr Brown’s inability to see the wood for the trees and act, as well as about his behaviour to staff. It cannot help that the Prime Minister creates an atmosphere that makes it hard for people to tell him when he is wrong.

The impression of the article is of a man barely in control and at times out of control. Gordon Brown is Unfit for Office.

Time for a Change.

Mr Angry at No 10 should read Jane Austen | Rachel Sylvester – Times Online.