Who are you calling a bully?

I am not picking up any sense at all that people are moved by the reports of bullying in Number 10. Perhaps it is because they have already had more than enough of politics, perhaps they are beginning to like Gordon Brown. Mostly I think they think it a bit rich for the press to complain about bullying.

We have all seen or heard Paxman or Humphrys, seen the screaming headlines, watched the packs of photographers.

And most people only ever see Parliament (&, by extension, Whitehall) in operation during Prime Ministers Questions - so they just think that shouting & throwing things is Normal For Politics.

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