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Is The Sun maliciously exploiting the grieving and the dead to undermine Gordon Brown, or did he deliberately sabotage his own handwritten letter of condolence which would be quite easy bearing in mind he only has one eye and so missing out the last 'e' on most words is probably a forgivable mistake, and would you know that you HAD to bow your head at the Cenotaph, or are they quite right to point out all of his non-political gaffes which have no real bearing on the running of the country?
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:41, archived)
I really don't give a shit about it,
asking a grieving mother to give a damning interview's a bit exploitative though.
(PsychoChomp <---NO FULLSTOP, which proves I'm real, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:42, archived)
they are paying her.
surely.

Edit - as in, yes, The Sun are cunts for pushing this. I'm not hugely impressed with her for making any kind of fucking issue about it TBH, it's a minor error in the grand scheme of things. Gordon Brown is an utter cockpuppet over many things, but on this I feel he's being entirely unfairly treated.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger "the Pippa Middleton of /OT", Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:54, archived)
I doubt they'd do anything that blatent,
just put her up in hotels, take her to dinner etc.
(PsychoChomp <---NO FULLSTOP, which proves I'm real, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:56, archived)
It's all about getting her to put out.

(I helped save b3ta! The Teviot Moose major 5th., Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:57, archived)
I bet they're paying her, you know.

(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger "the Pippa Middleton of /OT", Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:57, archived)
I think we should get the mirror to start a "stop exploiting our dead troops" campaign
and go around her house and burn her.

burn her have a nice cup of tea.
(I helped save b3ta! The Teviot Moose major 5th., Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:56, archived)
Someone should have proof-read his letter, to be honest.
I'd feel a little pissed-off if he hadn't bothered to check my name or his spelling before sending me a letter, especially if it was concerning my son dying at war.
(I helped save b3ta! spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:43, archived)
Being fair, though
"What's his name?"
"Janes"
"James. Right."
Easy mistake to make. Not the kind of name you'd check. Well, not the kind of name I'd check.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:46, archived)
It's quite possible that it was 3rd hand information
It could have been emailed to him as "James." How would he have known?
(I helped save b3ta! SuperMatt, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:49, archived)
and HE'S ONLY GOT ONE EYE
He's performing a feat writing in a straight line to begin with.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:51, archived)
Don't be a mong
if I shut one eye I can still write in a straight line, and neatly.
(I helped save b3ta! spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:52, archived)
Yes but with his hook hand, it's more tricky to hold the pencil.
And the parrot keeps pecking his ear.
(I helped save b3ta! Eddache EddEgg on DrawSomething. Also BUY MY BOOK YOU SHIT, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:06, archived)
ARGH JIMLAD

(I helped save b3ta! spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:16, archived)
I thought his last name was James, not his first?

(I helped save b3ta! spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:51, archived)
Jamie Janes, apparently
It's no wonder he got it wrong. Who the fuck names their child that?
(I helped save b3ta! SuperMatt, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:52, archived)
The sort of publicity hungry woman who sends her child off to war just so she can complain to the prime minister.

(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:53, archived)
what a fackin liberty

(I helped save b3ta! spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:56, archived)
haha, nice.
I would be intrigued to know whether the Sun are paying her, though. And I really, really don't see why it's news.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger "the Pippa Middleton of /OT", Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:57, archived)
ah ok
good thing I'm not the prime minister
(I helped save b3ta! spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:55, archived)
I thought it was James until I saw the letter today
I could have sworn all the news reporters were saying James.
(I helped save b3ta! SuperMatt, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:56, archived)
Everyone spells my name wrong
He's under no obligation to do it and I think it's a nice gesture to take time out of what must be a very busy schedule to write a letter to the family.
(I helped save b3ta! Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:59, archived)
I'd expect him to get my name wrong
I've sent people emails, which have my name clearly printed, and then had replies with it spelt wrong. This happens. Humans do this. The bitch should just calm down
(I helped save b3ta! SuperMatt, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:00, archived)
People get my first and surname wrong
Then deliberately spell my middle name wrong. I'm wrong all over :D
(I helped save b3ta! Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:02, archived)
Yes Joianag Fireoiajn McTuawwidjl

(I helped save b3ta! Theoban This isn't what I ordered..., Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:24, archived)
But right,
he doesn't HAVE to write at all. He does it because he's not that bad a bloke really. He's lost a child as well, he can sort of empathise.

He'd be damned if he didn't and he's damned because he does. He'd also be damned if it had been typed out because it'd be 'impersonal'.
(I helped save b3ta! Blue Star will blow you a kiss, it should reach you tomorrow, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:59, archived)
No, he doesn't have to
but if you're going to do something, do it right.
(I helped save b3ta! spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:24, archived)
One mistake.
Human error. He may well have made THOUSANDS of mistakes, no one else saw fit to decry him for it. It's pathetic on her part and it's pathetic on the part of The Sun. But, as I said, she's got her 15 minutes now. She's a HERO. OUR BOYS ETC.

Edit: Also, he has more important things to worry about, like running (or failing to run depending on your view) a country.
(I helped save b3ta! Blue Star will blow you a kiss, it should reach you tomorrow, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:29, archived)
I thought there were 4 or 5 spelling mistakes in the letter?
Agreed, it's not like he booted an old lady down some stairs and it has been massively overblown. But I'd get someone to check my letter before I sent it if I was Prime Minister.
(I helped save b3ta! spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:31, archived)
I feel a little bit sorry for Gordon Brown.
He inherited all the hate for Labour and Tony Blair and he's not really been able to do that much right, no matter how hard he tries.

I'd rather they concentrated on the fact that despite being in charge of the money for however long it was and supposedly knowing how it works, we're more recessed than everyone else in this recession.
(I helped save b3ta! Noit happy baby orangutan, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:43, archived)
Gordon Brown is a cunt.
ALL politicians are cunts.
ALL hacks are cunts. Murdoch's hacks are double cunts.
There's only one way to settle this.
Let's kill EVERYBODY.
(I helped save b3ta! stuj a big ball of voilance and hatrid, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:44, archived)
I'm going to kill her and write a letter to Gordon Browm

(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:45, archived)
She missed a trick in that Sun interview.
She should have said 'I'm very upset with Godron Brown. Someone like Godron Brown should check names. Godron Brown is a despicable one-eyed man. I'll be voting BNP next year.'
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:47, archived)
+ And now look at my boobies.

(I helped save b3ta! stuj a big ball of voilance and hatrid, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:48, archived)
Dear Gordon,
I've killed this whinging bitch for you. now please let me socket-fuck you.
Cheers,
Magnum
(I helped save b3ta! stuj a big ball of voilance and hatrid, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:47, archived)
I'm not really into socket fucking tbh
Even those porn videos were the girl chokes a bit on a mans penis as he's put it too far into her mouth make me feel a bit ill.
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:48, archived)
Thing is, he didn't really spell the name wrong, he just had a writing spazz
These things happen to everyone. He should have re-written the letter but HE'S THE FUCKING PRIMEMINISTER. He doesn't have the time for all this nonsense. He's sorry her child died, he tried to express this but she's just been ungrateful about the whole thing.
Your child, deary, was an adult and he chose to join the army and died doing something that he wanted to do (or at least signed up to). Mr Brown didn't even have to write that letter to you. He's got a million and one other things to do and you should shut your fucking pie hole.
(I helped save b3ta! SuperMatt, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:46, archived)
YEAH

(I helped save b3ta! broadsword cold get ill or get retarded, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:47, archived)
I can't tell if you're agreeing with me or being sarcastic

(I helped save b3ta! SuperMatt, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:55, archived)
YEAH
I was agreeing with you
(I helped save b3ta! broadsword cold get ill or get retarded, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:59, archived)
HOW DARE GORDON BROWN OFFEND SO MANY WITH HIS BAD SPELLING!
I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THE BPN!
(I helped save b3ta! Eddache EddEgg on DrawSomething. Also BUY MY BOOK YOU SHIT, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:47, archived)
Banco Português de Negócios?

(I helped save b3ta! yanmania... last shagged your mum on, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:49, archived)
As long as they think gay men kissing in public is creepy, they've got my vote.

(I helped save b3ta! Eddache EddEgg on DrawSomething. Also BUY MY BOOK YOU SHIT, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:51, archived)
I have trouble finding the words to express how much I despise the Sun and their cynical, expoitative tatics.

(I helped save b3ta! Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:48, archived)
Try, you fine beaked specimen of man.

(I helped save b3ta! RR I love you ... in a way, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:11, archived)
but they am politititical!
cos dey wifdrew der support for labar da ova monf!
(I helped save b3ta! hubare XBOX Gamer tag: hubare | http://twitter.com/hubare, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:14, archived)
And how long will it be before it's Prime Minister's Question Time of Allah?

(I helped save b3ta! Noit happy baby orangutan, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:48, archived)
And how long will it be before it's "Open AllaHours"?

(I helped save b3ta! Eddache EddEgg on DrawSomething. Also BUY MY BOOK YOU SHIT, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:49, archived)
And 'Allah 'Allah.
It won't be the same when they make Helga wear a burkah.
:(
(I helped save b3ta! stuj a big ball of voilance and hatrid, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:52, archived)
you cunt.
EDIT: cunt cunt cunt
(I helped save b3ta! Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:52, archived)
:D

(I helped save b3ta! stuj a big ball of voilance and hatrid, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:01, archived)
"Bomb The Buses"

(I helped save b3ta! Eddache EddEgg on DrawSomething. Also BUY MY BOOK YOU SHIT, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:02, archived)
Heheheh.
:D
(I helped save b3ta! stuj a big ball of voilance and hatrid, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:07, archived)
hahahaha
a right good lol at that one
(raymond "three griddle pans" luxury yacht lovin' the christmas action, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:16, archived)
How long is before we're watching Ranjeesh looking for a potrait of the fallen mad bomber with the big boobies in "Allah Allah"?

(I helped save b3ta! Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:52, archived)
Fucking hell.

(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:54, archived)
Allah Allah
GOOD MOANING.
You stupid woman!
You stupid woman!
You stupid woman!
etc.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:53, archived)
Yeah, and what about "Goodnight Mr Muslim"
and "Home and A Jew"
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:54, archived)
or "It Ain't Half Hot Imam"

(I helped save b3ta! hubare XBOX Gamer tag: hubare | http://twitter.com/hubare, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:25, archived)
or "Fall-two Towers"

(I helped save b3ta! hubare XBOX Gamer tag: hubare | http://twitter.com/hubare, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:26, archived)
oh.
oh dear me. That's a TERRIBLE pun.
(I helped save b3ta! spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:35, archived)
Some Muslims Do 'Ave 'Em

(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies fuck off Team GB, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:35, archived)
rofl

(PsychoChomp <---NO FULLSTOP, which proves I'm real, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:52, archived)
Wait, they're changing that one too?
Hold on, I'm not entirely sure I belive you, I spent months going through the Sky Plus trying to find "Songs of Praise Allah", and I still haven't found it. I checked the regular slot of Songs of Praise, and I thought maybe sammi made a mistake, maybe it's a new show, so I went through the entire guide twice a week, every channel for the 7 days it shows, and I couldn't find it.

So, before I start looking, are you sure there is a "Prime Minister's Question Time of Allah" ?
(I helped save b3ta! Pops the putz. Most hurt actor? bruise WIll is., Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:12, archived)
I think its an honest mistake on his part.
I've been reading HYS about this and the majority of posters are actually being quite reasonable about it and just saying it was just a mistake. Someone pointed out that 'Janes' and 'James' are very similar and that this mistake must've been made a million times before, it only matters now because it's in reference to her dead son and in a letter from our grumpy, partially sighted leader who happens to have appalling writing.

She got her 15 minutes out of it anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! Blue Star will blow you a kiss, it should reach you tomorrow, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:52, archived)
Which the Sun are dragging out to their own ends
probably saying OUR BOYS in bold a lot.
(I helped save b3ta! Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:53, archived)
True enough.
I didn't mention those cunts because I can't express just how much I hate that fucking paper.
(I helped save b3ta! Blue Star will blow you a kiss, it should reach you tomorrow, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:57, archived)
U HARTLESS BICH!
IF U DNT FINK ITS TERIBLE THEN UR A HARTLESS BICH AND DNT CARE 4 ALL THOZ LADS OUT THER IN AFGAN!
(I helped save b3ta! hubare XBOX Gamer tag: hubare | http://twitter.com/hubare, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:56, archived)
the cenotaph thing... fair enough... he's head of state... he should know
I think the letters thing is stupid... he clearly thought a handwritten letter would come across more human... but people who read the sun are fucking cunts

end of
(I helped save b3ta! hubare XBOX Gamer tag: hubare | http://twitter.com/hubare, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:53, archived)
To be honest, if I were dead, or related to someone dead, and Gordon Brown didn't bow at the cenotaph,
I wouldn't think 'What a disgrace. I wish he would bow.' I'd think 'Fucking hell. I wish my son/dad/brother wasn't dead.'
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:55, archived)
"However The Sun are willing to pay me a reasonable amount of money maybe we could finally finish the conservatory it's what he would've wanted".

(I helped save b3ta! Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:57, archived)
I never said I thought it was a discrace...
but these things have a specific ceremony. I don't think it was disrespectful, I just think "you tit" but that is more compounded by everything else that makes me think "you tit" when on the topic of Gordon Brown.
(I helped save b3ta! hubare XBOX Gamer tag: hubare | http://twitter.com/hubare, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:58, archived)
I doubt very much that The Man In The Street would've noticed that he hadn't bowed
had The Sun not plastered it all over the front page the next day. I don't think you even have to bow, in the same way that you don't have to put your hands together and look up to the sky when you're praying.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:01, archived)
I agree
EDIT: but if it is the done thing then I'd expect a prime minister to make it his business to know.
(I helped save b3ta! hubare XBOX Gamer tag: hubare | http://twitter.com/hubare, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:03, archived)
But if you don't make an ariel with your hands and look up, how will Santa's elves know that you're praying?
They might think you're just talking to yourself again.
(I helped save b3ta! stuj a big ball of voilance and hatrid, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:06, archived)
Didn't he stumble at cenotaph and the photo was taken when he was recovering from it?
Which is fair enough if your pissed eh?
(I helped save b3ta! Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:56, archived)
I don't know
I had already gotten over it by the time the thread started.

It's not going to change my opinion of him for the worse/better
(I helped save b3ta! hubare XBOX Gamer tag: hubare | http://twitter.com/hubare, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:00, archived)
It's all getting rather American. I do not approve.
/Wicca
(I helped save b3ta! Amorous Badger NINE MORE YEARS, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:54, archived)
If this was America they'd tie his inability to spell to his being black.
If the president was white, they'd all support him in a disgusting show of thick pride.
(I helped save b3ta! Noit happy baby orangutan, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:57, archived)
It'd be called FAILINGS OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM
And everyone would rally for improvements.
Were he black, they'd all be like "stupid black people can't spell"
(I helped save b3ta! SuperMatt, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 13:59, archived)
You'll like this. It's about Britain v America.
Houlton, MA. has banned the sale of Fentimans' Lemonade to the kiddies because it may contain upto 0.5% alcohol, making it a HARD LIQUOR. Fentimans have responded in a fine, upstanding fashion:
2.bp.blogspot.com/_QjhMFKRvyqo/SurHuSFgdVI/AAAAAAAACkA/F0OoXA5eJjY/s1600-h/Fent_hoult.jpg
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:03, archived)
Brilliant.

(I helped save b3ta! Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:07, archived)
clickity click
that's awesome.
(I helped save b3ta! SuperMatt, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:10, archived)
This makes me very pleased.
Plus their drinks are lovely.
(I helped save b3ta! spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:12, archived)
Well done Fentimans.
I like that.
(I helped save b3ta! Noit happy baby orangutan, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:13, archived)
made in newcastle!
WHEY!
(I helped save b3ta! hubare XBOX Gamer tag: hubare | http://twitter.com/hubare, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:15, archived)
please tell me that appeared in a newspaper

(I helped save b3ta! hubare XBOX Gamer tag: hubare | http://twitter.com/hubare, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:18, archived)
How can it be Victorian when it was first brewed in 1905. I don't trust them

(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:19, archived)
good spot... I skimmed past that

(I helped save b3ta! hubare XBOX Gamer tag: hubare | http://twitter.com/hubare, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:22, archived)
if they can brew Victorian lemonade in 2009,
there's no reason they can't have brewed it in 1905.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies fuck off Team GB, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:30, archived)
I don't know.
let's ask the public
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies fuck off Team GB, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:09, archived)
Let's not bother and just say that our online survey said that 80% thought that he's a halfblind mong.
And the other 20% were so furious that they kicked their computer out of the window and sent Gordon Brown the bill.
(I helped save b3ta! stuj a big ball of voilance and hatrid, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:15, archived)
the general consensus seems to be "The Sun is a cunt".

(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies fuck off Team GB, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:18, archived)
a "Sunt"
hoorah!
(I helped save b3ta! hubare XBOX Gamer tag: hubare | http://twitter.com/hubare, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:23, archived)
Surely in our bonk eyed PM's writing it's "Sum"?

(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:28, archived)
Word Of The Day right there.
Well done that Hubare.
:D
(I helped save b3ta! stuj a big ball of voilance and hatrid, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:29, archived)
Yes. It's no Daily Mail.

(I helped save b3ta! stuj a big ball of voilance and hatrid, Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:26, archived)
Honestly, spelling is important in today's society.
The P.M, who got to power using comunication, who's predacessor reinvented 'spin' for the twenty first century, needs to.... blah blah blah, really think it doesn't matter.
(I helped save b3ta! Pops the putz. Most hurt actor? bruise WIll is., Tue 10 Nov 2009, 14:25, archived)