책은 브라운과 블레어 사이 foul-mouthed 줄의 말한다

10 Downing Street에 힘의 올해 handover의 앞에 Gordon Brown와 토니 블레어 사이 숙고 전면 긴장은 2 남자 사이 foul-mouthed 줄의 책 선발 주장의 간행물로 오늘 다시 불붙여졌다. 블레어의 전기 작가 anthony Seldon 이름에 의하여 책은 -를 보고한 충돌의 뒤에 중요한 원동력으로 - 브라운 맹방 Ed 공 - 지금 브리튼의 학교 비서 닫는다.

Serialised in the Mail on Sunday, it claims Blair complained of being treated “like an abused and bullied wife” after one row with Balls about when he would leave No 10.

And it alleges that Balls egged Brown on to foment rebellion against the PM following Labour’s poor showing in the 2006 local elections.

After Brown failed to trigger open revolt in a radio interview, Balls supposedly told him that he had “bottled it” - something the schools secretary told the Mail on Sunday he “categorically denies”.

Seldon’s book, Blair Unbound, draws on interviews with many Blair loyalists, including ex-Cabinet ministers Stephen Byers, Alan Milburn, Tessa Jowell, Patricia Hewitt, Lord Falconer, Charles Clarke and David Blunkett, as well as former aide Baroness Morgan.

By contrast, only a handful of Brown allies are named as sources, which will inevitably lead to speculation that it presents a partial view of events.

The timing of the serialisation is likely to frustrate Brown, who is trying to haul Labour out of an opinion poll trough following the debacle of the snap election that never was.

The book reports supposed arguments between Brown and Blair in which the then chancellor lost his temper over what he saw as attempts to undermine him.

After Milburn was put in charge of Labour’s 2005 general election campaign, Brown supposedly shouted: “You’ve appointed that f… Milburn! Is it about cooking the manifesto against me?”

And when Blair refused to stop Milburn and Byers speaking out in favour of a Blairite challenger for the succession, the book claims Brown threatened: “If you don’t do what I ask, then there’ll be big trouble.”

Seldon also asserts that Blair regretted his reduced majority after the 2005 election because it prevented him from sacking the chancellor. After one row with the Treasury, it is alleged the then PM told aides: “I’m going to take no more shit from over the road, I’m going to do it.”

The book claims that Balls regarded Blair as a “moron” and took an increasingly aggressive role in stoking up moves to oust him.

Seldon wrote: “His increasingly assertive role at the Treasury struck some as echoing the 1963 film The Servant, in which the butler, played by Dirk Bogarde, progressively takes over as the dominant force from the owner of the house, James Fox.”

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