Comments on: The weirdest criticism of Gordon Brown, ever – FACT http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-weirdest-criticism-of-gordon-brown-ever-fact-16772.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: david thorpe http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-weirdest-criticism-of-gordon-brown-ever-fact-16772.html#comment-101651 david thorpe Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:28:49 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16772#comment-101651 the sun critiscising opthers for correcty use of language is deeply ironic the sun critiscising opthers for correcty use of language is deeply ironic

]]> By: KL http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-weirdest-criticism-of-gordon-brown-ever-fact-16772.html#comment-101644 KL Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:28:55 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16772#comment-101644 Looking around, the Sun is really getting an even bigger pasting for this then Simon Cowell from the public - even on its own comments board. The majority of comments I've seen seem to be saying that Brown is basically doing the right thing, and handwriting the letter actually makes it more personal. As for the so-called spelling mistakes, the ones identified are words with "es" at the end (eg "condolences") where it looks like the "e" is missing. My handwriting, like Brown's, is pretty poor, and one of the things I often end up doing is merging the "e" and the "s" together so it looks like there's no "e". Yes, the guy has bad handwriting, but at least he took the time out to try. Looking around, the Sun is really getting an even bigger pasting for this then Simon Cowell from the public – even on its own comments board. The majority of comments I’ve seen seem to be saying that Brown is basically doing the right thing, and handwriting the letter actually makes it more personal.

As for the so-called spelling mistakes, the ones identified are words with “es” at the end (eg “condolences”) where it looks like the “e” is missing. My handwriting, like Brown’s, is pretty poor, and one of the things I often end up doing is merging the “e” and the “s” together so it looks like there’s no “e”. Yes, the guy has bad handwriting, but at least he took the time out to try.

]]> By: ColinW http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-weirdest-criticism-of-gordon-brown-ever-fact-16772.html#comment-101639 ColinW Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:15:33 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16772#comment-101639 This really is scraping the bottom of the barrel by the Murdoch press. You should see the way the Tory nutters are foaming at the mouth about this over on Mental Health News, sorry politicalbetting.com. How many personal handwritten letters did Thatcher send during the Falklands conflict? This really is scraping the bottom of the barrel by the Murdoch press. You should see the way the Tory nutters are foaming at the mouth about this over on Mental Health News, sorry politicalbetting.com.

How many personal handwritten letters did Thatcher send during the Falklands conflict?

]]> By: Tom Papworth http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-weirdest-criticism-of-gordon-brown-ever-fact-16772.html#comment-101637 Tom Papworth Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:49:07 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16772#comment-101637 I was quite taken by the interview with an ex-prime ministerial aide on ITN. To paraphrase, to receive a hand-written letter from the PM - not a typed letter from some flunky - into which he has clearly put some time and thought, and which has not been style-read by the spin doctors, is something that we should look upon favourably. However, he clearly has literary problems, probably owing to his poor eyesight, so naturally he will be demonised by the Sun . I was quite taken by the interview with an ex-prime ministerial aide on ITN. To paraphrase, to receive a hand-written letter from the PM – not a typed letter from some flunky – into which he has clearly put some time and thought, and which has not been style-read by the spin doctors, is something that we should look upon favourably.

However, he clearly has literary problems, probably owing to his poor eyesight, so naturally he will be demonised by the Sun .

]]> By: Liberal Neil http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-weirdest-criticism-of-gordon-brown-ever-fact-16772.html#comment-101629 Liberal Neil Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:39:36 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16772#comment-101629 Having just listened to the Sun's 'exclusive' I actually think Gordon brown handled the call very well. He was clearly willing to spend time talking to Mrs Janes even though she was clearly upset and he appeared to give her a lot of space to get her anger out. Two other things struck me: 1 Before listening to the call there was an advert for a Family Guy DVD featuring a gag about horse sperm. Is this really appropriate? 2 Are Gordon Brown's handwriting difficulties really a more important failure than the catastrophe that is our prescence in Afghanistan in the first place? Having just listened to the Sun’s ‘exclusive’ I actually think Gordon brown handled the call very well.

He was clearly willing to spend time talking to Mrs Janes even though she was clearly upset and he appeared to give her a lot of space to get her anger out.

Two other things struck me:

1 Before listening to the call there was an advert for a Family Guy DVD featuring a gag about horse sperm. Is this really appropriate?

2 Are Gordon Brown’s handwriting difficulties really a more important failure than the catastrophe that is our prescence in Afghanistan in the first place?

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