New book casts UK's Brown as angry, abusive
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A political journalist has painted a dark portrait of Britain's prime minister: An angry and abusive man whose rages were so intense the country's top bureaucrat had to intervene to comfort his distressed staff.
The description, carried in book "The End of the Party," by The Observer journalist Andrew Rawnsley, is vigorously contested by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his lieutenants. Brown also faced further embarrassment when the head of a British anti-bullying charity claimed that staff at his No. 10 Downing Street office had contacted her group complaining about the workplace atmosphere. (AP)
