Gordon Brown storms out of political interview
It has been revealed today, by the financial press, that Gordon Brown attempted to storm out of a live interview with Sky TV after he took offence to a number of questions relating to his personality and, quite rightly, attempted to direct the interview back towards policies and the future. However, over the last few days there have been increasing rumours of health issues with regards to Gordon Brown which do not appear to be going away.
There have long been rumours in Westminster that Gordon Brown may well relinquish his role in the government at some stage using health issues as an "excuse". Whichever political party you support they can be few people in the UK who do not have at least an ounce of sympathy for Gordon Brown who has had to face accusations of pill taking and counselling for stress in front of millions of TV viewers.
In a rather ironic turnaround there is a chance that the UK public may well develop sympathy for Gordon Brown if he continues to be harassed by an array of media figures with regards to his personal life and his health. Whether this will be enough to turn around the disastrous polls is an entirely different question!
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