If it's an anti-Brown story then the BBC lead with the defence

ARRSE alerted me this morning to the story in The Sun about Gordon Brown's scribbled and poorly spelt letter to the parents of a dead soldier. Do read The Sun's article and ARRSE's take on the story; there seems to be very little respect for Gordon Brown amongst the military, I wonder why. Meanwhile the BBC lead with the defence

"Downing Street has defended the way the prime minister writes to bereaved families after a dead soldier's mother said Gordon Brown misspelled his name.

Guardsman Jamie Janes, 20, from Brighton, East Sussex, was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan in October.

The Sun newspaper said his mother Jacqui had described Gordon Brown's letter as a "hastily scrawled insult".

Mr Brown has personally contacted Mrs Janes to assure her he did not mean any offence, Downing Street said

In a statement, Number 10 said the prime minister "would never knowingly misspell anyone's name". "

When will the BBC realise that the public have got Gordon Brown sussed; he's a nasty piece of work with little or no respect for the armed forces or indeed much of the traditions of the UK, he's a conman who has destroyed much of the UK through his vanity and delusions of ability.