"Gordon Brown apologises to a mother after apparently misspelling the name of her dead soldier son in a letter. "Take a look at the top of the from The Sun today -
"Apparently"? Surely it is beyond doubt. The BBC go on to report Gordon Brown's second defence:
"Mr Brown said he was sorry "for any unintended mistake", adding that his writing could be "difficult to read". "Pah!
Meanwhile The Sun have picked up on the Gordon Brown not bowing his head at the Cenotaph on Sunday.
The BBC seem to be ignoring Brown's lack of a bow of the head at the Cenotaph. Trickier to excuse, perhaps.
ReplyDeleteAnita Anand read out just one e-mail on today's 'The Daily Politics' on the subject of the letter - and it was one that strongly defended Gordon Brown. Just how representative was it of all the e-mails the programme received on the subject? Did the majority of e-mailers sympathize with Brown? Just how representative are ANY of the e-mails Anita Anand chooses to read out on 'The Daily Politics'(including after Prime Minister's Questions)?
I don't know about you Not a Sheep, but I'm very suspicious about this.