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Which itself caused half of the mistakes. Why does everything this poor sod does creat such outrage?

ffs

and it annoys me, and had I been in this position I guess I'd have found it annoying. BUT by taking it to The Sun, they lost all of my sympathy - over the letter that is, not over the loss of their son of course.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4727405.Portslade_soldier_s_mother_disgusted_at_letter_from_Prime_Minister/

I mean honestly, this is getting ridiculous. He's got bad eyesight, rushed a letter out, yeh it should have been checked but the over-reaction has been extraordinary.

His penmanship is so bad, it's barely possible to make out what's written. This whole thing is a bit ridiculous.

He should have got it checked before sending it though...

Even the smallest negatives are put under the microscope.

The parents are a horrible pair of ani.

the amount of stick he's got for this (especially from The Sun, which manages to reach a new low almost) and for the crime of not bowing at the Cenotaph yesterday (eh? Did he graffiti it while nobody was looking as well?) is ridiculous and pathetic. I've seen serial killers get less stick. Brown and his party have many faults (of course the press never bother noticing any important faults in government), but he's still ten times the man that any wanker Sun or Express journalist is.

She complained that complete (or something like that) was spelt cumplete, only it wasn't it was just the o wasn't fully joined. I bet she has friends that she showed it to and they were all too scared to tell her what an OTT douche she was being.

"Oh, another anti-Brown Sun story, no big deal". But it's escalated so quickly and to such a ridiculous extent.
I feel really sorry for him. Not just in this situation but in general. Poor bugger isn't being given a chance by the public or the press anymore. I'm not saying he hasn't made some pretty embarrassing mistakes but the reaction to this has been completely overblown.

why not just write out a second one?

But... He obviously wrote a had written letter 'to show he truly cares'. Spelling the name wrong shows he doesn't really care and the whole letter writing is just a gimmick.

That said, not headline worthy.

but they were all girs, and probably on their peridod... and they know i'm right

I said to them, i'd understand why the parents would be upset, in a way, but I dont see why we should be <--- worst mistake of my life when they said it was part of a bigger picutre, and I said the bigger picture which needs to be dealt with now as opposed to having our leader checking over 30 odd letters when he is known for bad penmanship, he has better things with his times... still dint respect my opinion now they wont speak to me, cows :(

I feel well sorry for him. He's like the kid in the playground who can't get his words out right and has a thomas the tank engine lunchbox, whilst the Sun is the gang leader with dead, piggy eyes and a head like a block of ham

I'm not trying to make a point here, I'm just wondering.

perhaps be more careful writing letters to the parents of the recently deceased in future...y'know?...i mean, for all the staff that must be rushing around him, the secretaries that must have presented him with the names of the people in the first place..someone couldn't have just given a notoriously bad writer's letter a quick once over

....but then you say, well...he's the prime minister...should be capable of writing a letter on his own...doesn't have time to check everything...well yeah but don't then come out and say that everyone is aware his writing is a bit ticky....if it's to be expected, have it checked.

it's like me writing an essay with awful grammar and spelling and then when i get a shit mark going...'well, no see, my grammar is always really bad'. well....take more care then sunshine.

that said, the fact that the woman went to the sun negates much of her stance. can't people just be upset in private...i'm not sure the first thing i would do in that situation is get on the blower to the most insidious, sensationalist, creeping tabloid in the western hemisphere so they can use my sons death in some politcal point scoring.

of course she has a right to be upset, but i'm not sure it should have been extrapolated for a wider context. but then perhaps she thinks she's doing her bit for men like her son, to make sure other wives and mothers don't get shoddy letters in the future.....but just the fucking sun.

i dunno...some fair points either side but the presence of the sun has just blown it up into a pugnant shit heap.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/10/gordon-brown-jacqui-janes-transcript

My sympathy for her returned somewhat after reading that. When she talks about the coroner it's pretty heartbreaking.

But when is it that a scummy woman can oust the Prime Minister? He's the Prime minister ffs.

(reading the transcript)
that many/most people in armed conflicts could be said to have died needlessly.

The British army has almost ALWAYS been underequipped. This is a continual state of affairs if you listen to the advice from the armed forces.....because things always need replacing/upgrading.....its the nature of things....there is a arms race of equipment.
Supplies are never going to be enough.

Many people in armed conflict and wars suucumb to their injuries because they are not treated in time, I imagine that you could say that any of these lives could be saved.

Mistakes and mishaps and problems occur in armed conflicts/war its the nature of the things, things are naturally disr5upted and do not run smoothly, it IS CHAOTIC to an extent the job is to manage that.

BUT if say an particular sub area in a conflict was actually focussed on and a side fully equipped and manned and prepared to deal with the threat there, then naturally the enemuy would be best to switch and attack at areas which were less well equipped and focussed or areas that were under pressure from other things.

one can plan ahead, but one cannot plan to have no setbacks or losses.

This womans feelings cannot be denied but it is wrong of the sun to use them in such a way

GB seems to be genuine in his intentions, but can't (bring himself to?) get the right emotions across.

D'you think Blair or Cameron would be able to do a better job?

I suspect they could say the right words, but I'm not sure if they could say it in such a way that would seem truly genuine.

getting spellings wrong, than being totally correct?
Shows he's only human.