Came across this today: Gordon Brown's temper
and got to thinking about the kind of people who get to be our leaders. Is it shocking that our PM is someone who chucks things at people when he gets cross and throws laser printers around? Or is it irrelevant when considering how suitable someone is to be in charge of a country (i.e. nothing to do with the bigger picture)?
In the big scheme of things, Blair declaring war on Iraq is obviously an act of aggression with infinitely more consequences... but this kind of personal violence bothers me, because what does it say about Brown's ability to look at national and international events with a cool head if he can't even handle minor bad news without physically abusing staff?
{Disclaimer: I'm not a Tory }