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More revelations from a number of papers this week on Bully Brown’s behaviour. The main thing this weekend is that the lies are being exposed. For too long Brown has been allowed to spout out his brownies and not be challenged. Now people are beginning to recognise that the reign of terror at No 10 is about to end. Bully Brown will be no more and their will only remain the sad husk of a bully.

The Mail on Sunday has this

Gordon Brown was accused of lying about his bullying behaviour last night after one of his closest aides revealed in a sensational tape-recording how the Prime Minister shoved him on the stairs inside No10.

In the tape, obtained by The Mail on Sunday, the official describes how he exclaimed ‘Bloody hell!’ and was left ‘shocked and upset’ when Mr Brown pushed him aside with a raised arm.

The adviser says Mr Brown’s staff have made excuses for his bullying behaviour for years. And, damagingly, he questions whether they had been right to do so, arguing a ‘core part’ of being Prime Minister is to treat people properly.

You can hear more here.

Brown, the bully: Key No10 figure tells how he was pushed and shouted at by the PM | Mail Online.

Tomorrow morning, Gordon Brown is to speak to the Policy Network, and will call on the centre-left to unite behind the “threat” of the emergent right wing.

According to Labour List Brown will say:

“All over the world, the new tactic of the right is to present themselves as moderate and mainstream. But when the tough questions are asked of them, the truth is revealed. Instead of helping a recovery, their hatred of government action would risk the recovery. Instead of defending ordinary families, they would kick the ladder of opportunity away from ordinary families. Instead of supporting middle classes, their policies would hurt the middle classes.”

In other words the increasingly deluded Prime Minister is trying to say that Tories will Eat your Babies. It’s  a global conspiracy to get Gordon Brown.

The man is unfit to to run a whelk store far less be Prime Minister.

Time for a Change.

Brown: Time for the centre-left to unite | LabourList.org 2.0 | LabourList.org.

Labour whip David Wright yesterday called Tories  “scum-sucking pigs” on Twitter. Fair enough it’s an opinion. Many of us would describe MP’s such as David Wright who has maxed out on his expenses a similar name if not worse to our friends.

The problem is that we would be telling the truth where as Mr Wright then went on to lie.  According to the Guardian

Wright said that he had initially sent a Twitter message quoting Barack Obama’s comment during the US presidential election campaign in 2008 that “you can put lipstick on a pig but it’s still a pig”.

But he denying using the phrase “scum-sucking”, adding: “I wouldn’t make derogatory remarks.”

Asked how he explained the initial wording of the tweet, he said: “Somehow this has been adjusted, or somebody has tampered with it.”

Wright said he had issued an apology because people were offended by the Obama quote.

Trouble is that you can’t tamper with Tweets on Twitter,  You can delete them as Mr Wright did, unfortunately for him after they had been logged by various parties including TweetMinister which logs all MP’s twits, but you cannot change or edit them.

So having apologised for the Tweet very soon after the original, he then changes his story a few hours later to say his account must have been hacked, how very convenient. I assume he has now called the police into investigate. Should be interesting. In the meantime he joins the ranks  of lying Labour MP’s.

Labour whip apologises over ’scum-sucking pigs’ Twitter message about Tories | Politics | guardian.co.uk.

Apparently Sarah Brown has said during a webchat on Mumsnet,

“I am leaving DH to make the plans for Valentine’s Day – he is surprisingly romantic (for a Scot and a Man).”

Shockingly racist and non-PC comment, that and the fact this is obvious spin. I assume Sunny at Pickled Politics will be doing an article on this.

Sarah Brown On Life At Number 10: Gordon Is Surprisingly Romantic | Politics | Sky News.

According to Iain Dale, John Denham and his Permanent secretary are at daggers drawn over the sneaked in details of gerry-mandering in some English Counties and towns.

Dale had this to say this morning

Yesterday, the Government announced a volte face and abandoned plans for a Norfolk-wide unitary authority and instead indulged in a bit of pro Labour gerrymandering by creating a unitary authority for Norwich. Very few people support such a proposal (apart from Norwich Labour Party) and opposition parties are furious. It has to be said that there were very few supporters for the Norfolk wide unitary authority either. Most people want the status quo.

However, I can reveal that John Denham, the Local Government Secretary, has ignored warnings from his senior civil servants, who believe the proposal is “unaffordable” and doesn’t meet the Government’s own criteria. Indeed, the Permanent Secretary at the DCLG, Peter Housden, has forced Denham to sign a letter absolving the civil servants from any legal action. Incredibly, Denham has done just that. Norfolk County Council is ready to make a High Court challenge and the Conservatives have already committed to reversing this decision if they win the next election.

I am told it is unprecedented for a Permanent Secretary to send such a letter to a Secretary of State.

This letter shows how bad things are getting

Have followed your blog for some time with great enjoyment, but I do not want to enter the public arena. However, the story you have here is most unusual, and as a former Civil Servant with a little experience I might help you understand the context.

What you have uncovered is a Letter of Direction. Dynamite stuff, and described HERE.

as:

Ministerial Directions
2. Where an Accounting Officer of a government department considers that a Minister is contemplating a course of action that would be likely to infringe financial propriety or regularity, or the Accounting Officer’s wider responsibilities for economy, efficiency and effectiveness, it is the duty of the Accounting Officer to so advise the Minister. If that advice is then overruled the Accounting Officer will be required to seek a written Direction from the Minister to enable that action to be carried out. If such a Direction is issued by the Minister, the Accounting Officer must comply with it but must also notify the Treasury and pass the relevant documents to the Comptroller and Auditor General as soon as possible.

Very, very rare beasts, only used as a last resort. Permanent Secs never wish to send them as they show that they have lost influence over a Minister who is determined to press ahead regardless and that fact must be disclosed to others, including the C&AG. Unhappy does not begin to describe it.

Seems like we not only have Broken Britain but also a severely broken Government.

Time for a Change

Iain Dale’s Diary: Confirmed: Denham & His Permanent Sec at Daggers Drawn.