In the name of the father | 20 February 2010

“I’m not perfect” Gordon Brown said in his speech today – knowing that, in a couple of hours, we’ll hear details of the many ways he is not perfect, when the first extracts of Andrew Rawnsley’s book are published. He has got his defence in early on Channel Four news. Here is a transcript:

Q: You know tomorrow there are going to be a whole slew of new allegations being made by Andrew Rawnsley, so let’s hear about you at work. Do you get angry at your staff? Do you swear at them? Do you throw things? GORDON BROWN: If I get angry, I get angry with myself. Q: Do you throw things? GORDON BROWN: No, I throw the newspapers on the floor or something like that, but please… Q: Have you ever hit anyone? GORDON BROWN: I have never hit anybody in my life. Q: You know this is all what’s being said… GORDON BROWN: Let me just say absolutely clearly, so that there is no misunderstanding about that, I have never, never hit anybody in my life.