BY his own admission, Gordon Brown gets angry. He even throws newspapers on the floor.

That’s hardly surprising or unusual.

We all get angry from time to time and Mr Brown happens to have one of the most stressful jobs imaginable.

But how angry does he get? And does the shortness of his fuse make him a bully?

These are questions the Prime Minister could well do without as he gears up for the election under the recycled slogan “A future fair for all”.

Indeed, if ever he was going to throw newspapers on the floor in a rage, it was yesterday morning.

The front page headlines were dominated by allegations from the head of an anti-bullying charity that its helpline had received calls from Downing Street staff.

Mr Brown must have been brought to boiling point by The Sun which hammered home its anti-Labour agenda with the damning front page headline “Prime Monster.”

It is all unquestionably damaging for Mr Brown, whose recent efforts to soften his image have included an uncharacteristically emotional appearance on Piers Morgan’s chat show.

But it is also proving to be damaging for Christine Pratt, founder of the National Bullying Helpline.

Three patrons, including Tory MP Ann Widdecombe, have now resigned over Mrs Pratt’s odd decision to disclose that private calls from Number 10 were made to the charity’s helpline.

We question her motives and wisdom in deciding to go public with confidential and inconclusive information which will inevitably tarnish the Prime Minister’s reputation, no matter how passionately he and his supporters deny that he is a bully.