Gordon Brown today said he was "mortified" after spelling the name of a fallen soldier incorrectly in a letter of condolence but pledged to continue writing the messages himself.
Far be it for me to defend the Prime Minister but in this instance the criticism is not justified and way over the top, yes he did make a mistake with the spelling of the lads name and also there appeared to be spelling mistakes, but it is widely acknowledged that Brown has terrible eyesight, he is blind in one eye, and he has notoriously bad handwriting.
People should perhaps look at the fact that he does write a handwritten note to the family of every fallen serviceman and I am sure his sentiments are heartfelt, lets find things to attack him about lets not look for sticks to beat him with where none exist.
He has personally apologised to the family, lets let the matter rest now, some critics have called for him to resign and as appealing as that sounds this is not a resigning matter.
