[Charlie_Bubble]

I don't think he intentionally went out to upset someone who had lost a son in Afghanistan, but you'd be upset too if you had been told by the coroner that your son may have survived if there were enough evacuation helicopters to have picked him up sooner.

I also think that Brown is such a megalomaniac and can't let go of anything that he thinks it's unneccesary for anyone to check his work before sending to a relative/opening his mouth. Who on earth wants to receive a badly spelt and written letter from the leader of the country. You'd expect a polite letter, clearly written, with no spelling errors. It's not rocket science. Receiving a badly scrawled letter with your sons name wrong and dozens of spelling mistakes is going to annoy a lot of people. It's sloppy and makes it look like you couldn't give a toss if your letter comforts someone or not.