You busted my hold up a wandering Brown told Blair

Gordon Brown repeatedly yelled at Tony Blair "you ruined my life" in a final row before the former was made Prime Minister, it was claimed last night.

The then chancellor also accused Mr Blair of a "Trotskyist plot" in attempting to stop him from getting into No 10, according to a book by the journalist Andrew Rawnsley.

Mr Brown"s infamous temper flared during a two-hour meeting with Mr Blair in September 2006.

He insisted that Mr Blair give him a resignation date and ensure that no other candidate stood for leader.

Row: Gordon Brown (L) is said to have screamed at then Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) during a phonecall in 2006, pictured at the party conference the same year

Mr Blair, however, replied that he could not deliver that promise, the Guardian reported.

Mr Brown also interrupted the Prime Minister"s stay with the Queen at Balmoral.

His fury was "titanically demented", and Mr Brown raged that Blairite former health secretary Alan Milburn had written an article setting out the case for Mr Blair to stay.

"You put ******* Milburn up to it," Mr Brown told Mr Blair down the phone. "This is factionalism! This is Trotskyism! It"s ******* Trotskyism!"

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The men laughed about Mr Brown"s reaction, it was reported. The disclosure will raise questions over Mr Brown"s claims he always wanted a proper contest for the top job.

Ed Balls, the Children"s Secretary and close confidante of Mr Brown, was named as the driving force during the 2006 coup.

In a final showdown, Mr Brown demanded of Mr Blair: "Who do you think is better than me? Do you think there is anyone who is better than me?"

Fellow Scot John Reid was deemed "far too Right-wing", Alan Johnson was "a lightweight" and David Miliband was dismissed as much too young.

Mr Blair later told close allies: "He [Brown] kept shouting at me that I"d ruined his life."

The revelations came as Sir Gus O"Donnell admitted telling Mr Brown he would "get the best" out of his staff by congratulating them for good work.

But the Cabinet Secretary denied having warned the Prime Minister to stop bullying.

Sir Gus, giving evidence to MPs on the Justice Committee yesterday, said: "I never talked to the Prime Minister about his behaviour in relation to bullying No 10 staff, but of course I talk to the Prime Minister about how to get the best out of his civil servants."