Downing Street aide 'barged' by PM

A senior No 10 aide described in a tape-recorded interview how he was physically pushed aside by an angry Gordon Brown, it has been disclosed. Stewart Wood, an Oxford don and senior foreign policy adviser to the Prime Minister, said that he had been left feeling "pretty shocked" by what had happened. He said that No 10 staff used to apologise for the way Mr Brown behaved saying "Oh that's just Gordon". However, Mr Wood had increasingly come to see his conduct as an issue, saying "how you deal as an individual with human beings is actually a core part of the job". A version of the incident in which Mr Wood was brushed aside was recounted last week in a new book by the political journalist Andrew Rawnsley, The End of the Party. Mr Brown has strongly denied shoving or hitting people. However, Mr Wood gave his own account of what happened in a tape-recorded interview with the author Suzie Mackenzie, who is writing an authorised biography of Mr Brown, which has been obtained by The Mail on Sunday. "I was standing at the top of the stairs at No 10. There was a reception for EU ambassadors and I was waiting with a one-pager (one page-briefing note) to show him before he went in, to say these are the three people you need to speak to," he told her. "And... and he was in a really bad mood. He walked up the stairs. And I leant forward and he went 'Outta my way' and he did that (the paper said that he raised an arm in a strong, sweeping gesture imitating Mr Brown's action), 'outta my way'. And then just walked in and then did it, smile on his face." In a statement, Mr Wood said: "As I recall, he was in a hurry that day, and barged past me on his way in to the room, but he didn't shove me. It did annoy me at the time, but it was an isolated incident. And the many acts of generosity and kindness that he has shown me in my years working with him mean a lot to me."(my view)-Brown IS GUILTY....always has been always will continue to be.