The more that Gordon Brown is targeted by David Cameron, The Sun newspaper and cronies like Ms Pratt, then the firmer my (once faltering) vote for Gordon Brown becomes. The prospect of David Cameron in power voted in by and for people like Ms Pratt is truly frightening!

The Prime Minister is emerging not just as a man who talks the talk but walks the walk. After years of Tory lies and a censoring right wing media this affair is throwing light on who the real bullies and cheats are. Rawnsley's book title of "End of the Party" is catchy but his poor journalism and Cameron's support for the likes of Coulson may turn out to be the end of the party for them.

“The prime minister, 58, has hurled pens and even a stapler at aides, according to one; he says he once saw the leader of Britain’s 61 million people shove a laser printer off a desk in a rage. Another aide was warned to watch out for “flying Nokias” when he joined Brown’s team

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aNGVoeniv9HU&refer=home

Far easier for Mandelson and Brown to go after Pratt than for them to go after Bloomberg News.

Pratt is a publicity hound but she isn’t the issue unless the media starts poking holes in bloomberg news credibility.

When Bloomberg ran this story last year I couldn’t believe it wasn’t a bigger story and yet the media is once again focusing on a scapegoat in pratt instead of the real issue.

When will the media ever for once just once hold Mandelson and Brown to account and not allow them to use a scapegoat to escape their lies.

Mandelson himself questioned brown's leadership a few years back.

Gordon Brown Is a bully and thank god there are people who are prepared to say so Him and his government have bulied Equitable life members for far tolong its now time to vote the worst Prime minister and the worst Chanceler that The UK has ever had out of office.Good bye Gordon.

Why was Prof Cary Cooper a patron in the first place? What did he give, what did he get?

Has he resigned because he does not want to face the same accusations as Pratt that his interest in charity was a commercial one?

http://carycooperblog.com/robertson-cooper/

Although i don't believe any of these alegations against Brown, nobody can deny that he hasn't done a very good job as prime minister.

Here is Brighton we're hoping to get our first Green MP elected. An ICM poll in December put the Green 8% ahead of the Tories and 10% ahead of Labour!

Everybody VOTE GREEN for some real change!

The astounding lack of effort made by the BBC to check the bona fides of Ms Pratt and her 'charity' is extraordinary. The rise of the 'anti-bullying movement' is a fairly recent phenomenon that deserves more scrutiny than it has done in the past, particularly the almost evangelical tone which accompanies it. Bear in mind also that people like Ms Pratt, and others in the movement, the late Tim Field in particular, are deeply hostile to trade unions. There's a very good reason why their literature doesn't refer to unions as sources of help for people at work. These organisations are conservative with both a small, and also probably a big, 'C' too. As for why people like Cary Cooper get involved in the first place, well if I was to communicate my true views I'd probably get accused of academic jealuosy! But people like him are part of, or fellow travellers with, the anti-bullying movement, and have done rather well out of it.

"Gossipy book"?

Mehdi, journalistically, you're not fit to gather the crumbs at Rawnsley's table.

Brown had a great interview on Piers Morgans show and got a bump in the poles and so the Tories have struck back with this nonesense. Im not suprised how politcal small charities can be and another cheque from the Tories will be on its way to Pratt just before her resignation. Q Peter Tatchell!

While we should obviously be wary of Ms. Pratt’s claims, the “vast right-wing conspiracy” stuff is pushing it a bit. Knowledge of Brown’s temper/aggression is well known. It was inevitable that something like this would happen in the end.

www.governing-principles.com

Gordon Brown is being accused of being a bully, these are very serious accusations to make and I hope that all parties involved have substantial evidence to back this up and should do so in the most appropriate manner through the accountability procedures in Parliament not in the media and submit their full evidence as soon as possible.

I would imagine that at Number 10 there will be systems in place regarding the use of surveillance equipment for the protection of all who enter the famous landmark and with all the security that is within Downing Street including Mr Brown’s personal security staff I would find it hard to believe this kind of behaviour would not go unnoticed until now; why now and not before and how long has this been going on for is quite worrying if the things mentioned are true and nothing has been done about it prior to this coming to light as a result of the journalists new book that came out last week.

The Prime Ministers staff are perfectly entitled to call or email as it is being broadcasted to leading charities such as the National Bullying Helpline to receive advice; they can choose to ignore it or alternatively they could pursue a more formal process and there will be procedures to which they would follow if they have serious misconduct issues regarding the Prime Minister of the day.

Should staff whish to pursue this I am sure it will be taken extremely seriously and a full investigation by the appropriate people would investigate this with the option of putting more effective surveillance devices in place to capture such moments and any action taken if necessary.

Any Premier has a very demanding schedule and pressures ranging from extensive worldwide travelling; delivering speeches; spending time with his family, meetings with a whole range of people including The Queen, members of the public, the cabinet, key officials and his time is very limited to how much time He can spend with each person and I am sure He works more than 40 hours a week and is by no means a 9 – 5 job and works some unsociable hours exceeding the working time directives in place as his predecessor confessed.

It is reported by cabinet colleagues He has high expectations of himself; his well paid colleagues and civil servants and rightly so; we need a strong PM in these tough economic times to drive through reforms but none of them can identify how these people make him out to be and He is a good PM.

It is one thing calling someone a bully its another when a person is only trying to do his job as best as He is able to deliver vital promises to the electorate and it’s a fine balance but we are just around the corner from a general election and have to be careful we stick to facts and we don’t make things too personal after all He is only human like the rest of us and to try and force him out unnecessarily as some have tried to do in recent times have failed to their detriment and are not standing at the next election as a result.

The CEO of the charity has acted inappropriately and has not thought through her actions in going to the media and in my view has brought her own character, charity & industry into disrepute and even if it is in the public interest to reinforce claims the manner to which it has been done is a bad PR stunt and breaching confidentiality in a public manner or even disclosing it to Parliament officials is a tricky area but feel she has overstepped the mark and over this should resign as soon as possible.

She should consider doing what Sir Fred Goodwin did regarding his huge pension, resign, go abroad for a few months and then come back when things have calmed down but I doubt anyone in the charity sector or other industries would want to employ someone who breaches confidence or trust in the way she has.

Should she be allowed to continue in her post then it will set a precedent to other charities should they wish to they can do the same thing and may affect whether people loose confidence in charity help lines or if they use them information could be leaked to the media; the whole thing is totally disgraceful and she should be ashamed and embarrassed and the very least.

We should just let the man get on with running the country until He calls the general election and then time will tell if He remains as PM but let nature take its call and reduce the personal vendetta from the Tories or anyone else to that matter jumping on the band wagon.