If for some unknown reason Brown was to telephone me I would most definitely want to record the conversation. If for no other reason than I know he can't keep his stupid foot out out his stupid mouth, it would make a change to make money at his personal expense, and I'd like to see him tied to a van and driven around until dead, (cheers for that one Jez Clarkson).
On topic ...just more media bollocks
Off topic...Referendum...I think you'll find I told you so
*walks away looking a bit smug*
whilst it is deeply sad to hear of yet another bereavement of a mother and family of one of our young men and the ineptitude of the prime minister in relation to his poor communications, i wonder.
why does the whole of the media give this issue so much space even after a personal apology. surely the greater travesty is the war itself ? yet another pack of lies. sorry mum, your lad died fighting al qaeder, osama bin liner, holed up in a cave in tora bora where he directed aircraft to attack america and fighting the taliban who supported him.
a foreign army of invaders fighting the afghans for control of their country which they will never give up. now lets get off the diversions, sad as they are and bring the troops home !
Heard on the radio this morning that The Sun has a recording of the phone call brown made to the mother to say sorry, call me a cynic, but I think she's in it for the money.
On the news tonight, the mother said she was not getting paid by the sun, I stand corrected.
I think browns letter was written with good intentions, but it's backfired.
If you think this is bad wait until that public school boy twit Sun loving takes over in May/june,I respect Brown for taking his time in writing personally to the families of the lost soldiers i can assure you thats not the first time he has mispelled the condelence note,if you watched newsnight this evening Jeremy Paxman gave that mother a run for her time admitting that she was not responsible for recording the conversation,now you tell me who is trying to score points on the soldiers deaths...Shameful David and your spying childish newspaper shameful indeed
Well slurpy what has spelling gotta do with running a country first world or 3rd, or are you saying that people should be discriminated against for not being able to do something, i cant do maths, thats what calculators are for and i cant spell but use spell check!!
I have far more respect for Gordon Brown for actually putting pen to paper and attempting to put some feeling into the letter than if he had done it on a laptop, spell checked it and just signed the bottom, at least he tried and took the effort, unlike i am sure Blair who always got his PA to do it and just signed it!!
As your cat not being able to count but you not stopping it cleaning its whiskers why would you, why does it need to count to wash its whiskers, its like swinging heaven stopping someone from posting cos they are always wrong .........
Sorry Jumpotoit but apparently both Blair and Thatcher hand wrote letters of condolence, so Brown is merely carrying on that tradition.
I never mentioned Thatcher and Blair very rarely if ever sent a written letter, i know this as fact and at first hand.
However i am more disgusted that someone on this thread has made a joke out of dyslexia which is a medical disabillity and it and that person has not been removed, it is no different to being racist,and had it been a racist comment then it would have been dealt with.
Yes slurpy i have, ever heard the term "people in glass house" and in my important job i just need my wits,compassion and humillity (prob spelt wrong as i donnt have a dictionary!) maybe you should look up those words whilst you have it out.
im dyslexic but a dictionary is of no use to me because i dont know if i have spelt words wrongly lol
Surely, if Brown does suffer from dyslexia and has such appalling handwriting, then it would be much better to have the letter typed and for him to sign it. Let's be honest here, I'm sure the letters, handwritten or not, are formulaic. I can well understand how a grieving parent could take offence at what is percieved to be a badly written and slapdash letter of condolence.
BTW, I am not making excuses for the part that the Sun has played in this issue.