Gordon Brown dismisses claims he accused Blair of ruining his life

Published: 7:30AM GMT twenty-six February 2010

Gordon Brown says claims he indicted Tony Blair of ruining his hold up were silly Photo: PA

The explain is enclosed in a book by Andrew Rawnsley, the domestic commentator, that describes a in isolation assembly on the eve of Mr Blair"s proclamation in 2006 that he would mount down as Prime Minister inside of a year. It quotes Mr Blair after revelation friends: "He kept cheering at me that I"d busted his life."

Responding to the claim - and claims he told aides to criticise Alistair Darling - the Chancellor, Mr Brown said: "Given that they are both utterly wrong, and that you can roughly giggle them off, they are so ridiculous."

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The Prime Minister not long ago certified that he and Mr Blair had finished a understanding over the Labour care when it came up in 1994. Mr Brown indicated he felt he should have taken over at that point.

Instead, he stood in reserve for Mr Blair on the basement that he would after at the back of Mr Brown to take over in the tip job. That did not occur for thirteen years.

The comment of what was pronounced to be a two-hour assembly in between the dual men, as Mr Blair faced a backbench try to force him to quit, combined to vigour on the Prime Minister about his poise at the back of the scenes at Downing Street.

Sir Gus O"Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary, reliable yesterday that they had oral about removing the most appropriate out of polite servants but denied reprimanding him about bullying.