I think the Sun newspaper has done more to make him look foolish than anyone, lets face it we all know who the media work, they will always find some tiny thing and blow it up.

I would hate to have the death of my son, all over the papers and tv, due to a spelling error in a personal letter, then have transcripts of a private phone call from the pm all over the place as well,
it just seems to belittle the death of her son, he should be in the public eye for his bravery and dedication to his country.
the media has really surpassed itself on this one.

GB was not being decent in handwriting the letter, it is the duty of the given PM of the day to do so... it has always been this way,

There is a protocol for hand written letter to the relatives of deceived solders.

And sadly GB broke them....the most fundamental basics of handwriting a letter, there is no excuse, he sent these boys to war,(along with his government) the least he can do is get it right when writing a letter of condolence.



As for the sun manipulating the mother, if I read it correctly she is the one who instigated the issue, incensed by the lack of thought in his letter.





The busy man we are talking about is the leader of the Country, the man who takes us into wars, I wonder if you would use the same excuse "he is a busy man" if he instigated a major catastrapy , and them used the excuse, sorry, I was to busy to take the time to check my spelling!!!!!!!!!!




Thats a poor excuse, if the mans job which includes reading and writing, is impaired by his sight, then maybe he should not be int he job.

I know someone who has sight in only one eye. and believe me if you said, use that as an excuse for poor grammar, and spelling , he would give you what for... his writing and spelling is impeccable!!

This man is the man with his finger on the button, given your excuse of his poor spelling and grammar to his eyesight, it is a worrying concept if he pushed the wrong button in a situation of war, or ticked the yes in stead of the no box, simply because he has impaired vision




I think there is far more to this, I think it is just a explosion of emotion from the citizen of this Country, we are sick of seeing body bags being brought home week in week out, we see no end to this war, and then when we see an poorly penned letter of condolence from the PM, it is bound to stir up feeling,

So its understandable the mother of this boy reacted the way she did.

Maybe she is voicing her displeasure, in the only way she can.

If the PM, cant take the time to check over the letters he is writing to the relatives of his soldiers, then what else is he falling down on,

At best he could have passed it to an aid to check for any errors!!

And we have not even touched on the recording

All he could say is "he is sorry" she feels upset"

No mention of his sorrow for the content of the letter being sloppy.

I would hate to have the death of my son, all over the papers and tv, due to a spelling error in a personal letter, then have transcripts of a private phone call from the pm all over the place as well,
it just seems to belittle the death of her son, he should be in the public eye for his bravery and dedication to his country.
the media has really surpassed itself on this one.

I would normally be the last person to offer support to Gorden Brown but in this instance I think he has been treated very badly by certain areas of the press.

GB is the first PM to send hand written letters of condolence, previously the letters were typed then signed by the PM (this was confirmed on the BBCs 'World at one' yesterday).

It seems to me GB is genuinely distressed by the deaths of our soldiers and I would guess he is probably ridden with guilt that the government he is part of took us into this ill conceived war in the first place (long before he became PM).

I think to secretly tape a private telephone conversation made by the PM as a gesture of support and goodwill then to make it public is disgraceful.

I also think in time the grieving mother who first spoke out while in a shock/anguish/anger at her loss will regret ever having done so and will see that she was manipulated by certain areas of the media.

I think the mother will have been upset and will have taken it as an insult that her son gave up his life etc. However, I think it was wrong that she plastered it through the world's media, I think its a lovely gesture that he hand writes the letters, and I think she should have appreciated his efforts. Now I hate the labour party, but even I can see that he was trying to do a good thing there.

He's blind in one eye and partially sighted in the other, I think she's been really unfair and I think she should see what he is trying to do is a very considerate thing. At the end of the day her son signed on that dotted line and it is a lovely thing for him to do to apologise for her loss! Do you really think Tony Blair would have??

GB was not being decent in handwriting the letter, it is the duty of the given PM of the day to do so... it has always been this way,

There is a protocol for hand written letter to the relatives of deceived solders.

And sadly GB broke them....the most fundamental basics of handwriting a letter, there is no excuse, he sent these boys to war,(along with his government) the least he can do is get it right when writing a letter of condolence.



As for the sun manipulating the mother, if I read it correctly she is the one who instigated the issue, incensed by the lack of thought in his letter.





The busy man we are talking about is the leader of the Country, the man who takes us into wars, I wonder if you would use the same excuse "he is a busy man" if he instigated a major catastrapy , and them used the excuse, sorry, I was to busy to take the time to check my spelling!!!!!!!!!!




Thats a poor excuse, if the mans job which includes reading and writing, is impaired by his sight, then maybe he should not be int he job.

I know someone who has sight in only one eye. and believe me if you said, use that as an excuse for poor grammar, and spelling , he would give you what for... his writing and spelling is impeccable!!

This man is the man with his finger on the button, given your excuse of his poor spelling and grammar to his eyesight, it is a worrying concept if he pushed the wrong button in a situation of war, or ticked the yes in stead of the no box, simply because he has impaired vision




I think there is far more to this, I think it is just a explosion of emotion from the citizen of this Country, we are sick of seeing body bags being brought home week in week out, we see no end to this war, and then when we see an poorly penned letter of condolence from the PM, it is bound to stir up feeling,

So its understandable the mother of this boy reacted the way she did.

Maybe she is voicing her displeasure, in the only way she can.

If the PM, cant take the time to check over the letters he is writing to the relatives of his soldiers, then what else is he falling down on,

At best he could have passed it to an aid to check for any errors!!

And we have not even touched on the recording

All he could say is "he is sorry" she feels upset"

No mention of his sorrow for the content of the letter being sloppy.

I don't like him either, but I think what he did was a lovely gesture and I don't think anyone will need to lose their job, a simple, "I'm sorry" would suffice...

Isn't that the problem He will be 'generous' over the original mistake about the name, and he has been 'generous' over the Attorney General who can't even abide by her own laws (Not ones written by others, but one she had a hand in writing herself) and there are plenty more cases where he should have been more 'hard' for want of a better word. He has been 'gentle' and 'generous' in writing to this lady, but you can't be 'gentle' and 'generous' when people are messing you about and making you look a fool.

When you are PM the people who supply you with information must get it right, or face the consequences, this whole episode has made the British Prime Minister look foolish and consequently it has made you, me, and everyone look foolish too.

I think the Sun newspaper has done more to make him look foolish than anyone, lets face it we all know who the media work, they will always find some tiny thing and blow it up.