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What is bullying?

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What is bullying? If it is entirely subjective how difficult is accusing someone, like the prime minister for instance, of doing it? Lord Mandelson insists that Gordon Brown's behaviour towards his staff falls short of bullying. It is because he is passionate, emotional and demanding of his colleagues. BBC reporter Nicola Stanbridge asked people in Croydon what they regarded as bullying. John Curtice, Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University, who has been looking at latest polls and will tell us how he thinks the bullying allegations will play out with voters.

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