Nob Brown-mis-spelled dead Soldiers name in letter to family

**andy_gra** · 09-11-2009, 19:26

Originally Posted by FiveAlpha

Originally Posted by How_Did_I_End_Up_Here?

Be interestedblahblahlblahblahblah Browns etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc ad nauseum

No it wouldn't.

Same, about as interesting as how fastidiously he wipes his arse.

**Closet_Jibber** · 09-11-2009, 19:42

Originally Posted by meridian

I am getting to the point where I am getting fed up of the trivial nonsense obscuring the real issues, don't we have more things to worry about.

Exactly my thoughts. The man is a cnut and has made HUGE blunders.

In my opinion although this blunder massively effects the family its got fcuk all to do with the rest of the country.

How and why were the press informed/Given a copy of the letter?

Atleast the useless country destroying pr1ck had the decency to hand write the letters, personally.

**BoomShackerLacker** · 09-11-2009, 19:50

Broon was a lecturer prior to a politician; it would be marking the 2,342nd script at 2am that achieves that magnificent level of illegibility.

"Wiggins has ejaculated a contabflabuatory position in this work whilst excruciating his bile. Well done Wiggins. See you next year"

And other valuable and prized feedback for the u/g community (sorry, customer!)

**willbilly** · 09-11-2009, 19:59

In Gordon Brown's defence he has got alot on his plate what with 'leading' (just about) the country and attempting to solve all the problems that he is constantly getting abuse for. If he had got people to check it then it wouldn't have really been a letter from "the PM", it would have been "the PM and his minions" in which case you would also be on here complaining about him. While I am as happy as the next guy to give abuse when it is deserved, on this occasion I feel that it is simply a case of people jumping on the bandwagon (or in the case of arrse members, the bus).

Also, as has been mentioned above - How did the media come into possesion of the letter? Surely there are more important things for the bereaved to be worrying about that scoring points against the PM? I'm not saying that she shouldn't have made it known but may it have been due to anger at the fact that a family member has been lost and therefore a biased decision - I feel the media shouldn't have taken advantage of either the family or the situation.

The guy is trying so give him some credit - would like to see members of this forum (including myself) do his job!

**dante242** · 09-11-2009, 20:00

Originally Posted by Dunservin

Originally Posted by FiveAlpha

Originally Posted by Bazzinho1977

Originally Posted by Sangreal

What a load of tosh. The only people who will get irritated about this story are of the sort that routinely use one of the following bone phrases (not exhaustive!) that seem to litter ARRSE's threads these days:

Zanu Labour
Liarbour (and all other conceivable iterations)
Tony Bliar
Neu Arbeit
Simples
'Them'
'I've met good TA and bad TA, and I've met good Regs and bad Regs.'
'Let's start up the outrage bus.'

Fuckin' get a life!

May I commend this post to the house.

I'll second that.

Thirded.

Forthed :D

**Closet_Jibber** · 09-11-2009, 20:02

Originally Posted by How_Did_I_End_Up_Here?

Be interested to hear what peoples opinion of Browns (forgetting) (neglecting) (not bloody bothering) to bow when laying his wreath went down?

Nobody noticed. What did you want him to do? Put his hand on the cenotaph and weep?

With popularity of the armed forces increasing its becoming customary for people to ensure their pro forcesness is heard. I got sick of the phony comments yesterday by billy bull sh1tters pretending they were upset and "Had a lump in their throat" at the parade yesterday. Did they fcuk... They were wondering about whether 2 little knobheads were going to win a singing competition whilst at a bit of an event. The only people who will have been upset would have been those in the parade/crowd remembering absent friends/loved ones. Even then we didn't b1tch on about it. We went and emptied the booze out of the pubs for them.

Stop with the I love the dead soldiers more than you do tosh. It's fcuking wet!

P.S whoever started this text message is a fcuking Nonce.

"RIP to all the people in the army who died this year. This message works. Send this to 10 people and watch what happens to your wallpaper."

"No, Fcuk off"

**meridian** · 09-11-2009, 20:03

What is going to happen to ARRSE when Brown and Co depart office next year

Current affairs will be limited to 'cat found up tree' stories

**Closet_Jibber** · 09-11-2009, 20:14

Heres a real reason to dislike Gordon Brown.

I've sinced looked at the letter again and compared it with a recent doctors letter. I can actually read Browns and I imagine he has put a lot of thought into it.

However back to it.

Gordon Brown... Pleb!

**Sangreal** · 09-11-2009, 20:15

Originally Posted by meridian

What is going to happen to ARRSE when Brown and Co depart office next year

Current affairs will be limited to 'cat found up tree' stories

Give it ten months though and it'll be 'Zanu neu cat found pissing on dead tree - get the 'bus' and let's hang the fucker'!!

**pombsen-armchair-warrior** · 09-11-2009, 20:18

Originally Posted by meridian

What is going to happen to ARRSE when Brown and Co depart office next year

Current affairs will be limited to 'cat found up tree' stories

You may well be right. Perhaps we should restrict certain forums to those who have demonstrated an ability to operate at the pertinent 'thread level'. Then again, I quite like current affairs

**hellfyyr** · 09-11-2009, 20:35

I realise the hated Sun (it's been crawling its way back to the Conservatives and never gives up trying to be the Forces' favourite) has hyped this up. I realise Commisar Broon is disabled but took the time to write to a grieving relative who lost a son.

The problem is he is incredibly flawed and makes the most incredible errors of judgement and presides over years of mistakes.

When history judges this letter, if it ever remembers Brown as more than a lame duck mistake; I doubt it will measure up to this sort of thing:

Letter - Abraham Lincoln (disputed) to Mrs Bixby

The inability to write a letter to a grieving relative, act appropriately at the Cenotaph, manage the economy, preside over a war or control his own party mean he needs to go but we all know he cant see (sic) it...

**lsquared** · 09-11-2009, 20:38

'mark3536' - dear poster, you have misspelt the fatuous oaf's name. Never mind, I did that for some years.

The facile clown spells his name:

BROWNE

**BoomShackerLacker** · 09-11-2009, 21:46

Originally Posted by hellfyyr

I realise the hated Sun (it's been crawling its way back to the Conservatives and never gives up trying to be the Forces' favourite) has hyped this up. I realise Commisar Broon is disabled but took the time to write to a grieving relative who lost a son.

The problem is he is incredibly flawed and makes the most incredible errors of judgement and presides over years of mistakes.

When history judges this letter, if it ever remembers Brown as more than a lame duck mistake; I doubt it will measure up to this sort of thing:

Letter - Abraham Lincoln (disputed) to Mrs Bixby

The inability to write a letter to a grieving relative, act appropriately at the Cenotaph, manage the economy, preside over a war or control his own party mean he needs to go but we all know he cant see (sic) it...

"I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming."

What a masterful stroke of the pen.

**ash_p** · 09-11-2009, 22:06

Originally Posted by ottar

Originally Posted by ash_p

Originally Posted by ottar

Oh, the irony.

You clearly hate the Armed Forces.
Are you wearing a poppy? Have you had one stapled to your forehead to ensure you are never without. You're just showing your contempt if you haven't.

Yeah, clearly. What's your phone number? I'll ring you up and apologise.

Fucking e-police.

So you are saying it's 'bad' when Brown misspells his name, but acceptable when you do? I'm being a pedant, but you and all the hand-wringers aren't?

Strange, I don't recall being the Prime Minister of Great Britain.

**the_boy_syrup** · 09-11-2009, 23:28

I saw a piece this morning on the news
Allegadly when he read the names out during Prime Ministers Questions he used the name James
Nobody picked up on it and the list was given to him from the MoD through some flunkies to him
He probably copied this onto his letter

So he can't spell and his writing not very neat half the mongs at uni can't spell and write but they are the future of the country we are told

IIRC Blairs letter were typed and signed by El Presidente (Elect) at least the bloke has took the time to write and phone the woman to apologise for his mistake

Perhaps if she had contacted him and informed him he would have still corrected it and apologised
People ought to take the Sun and other media of their speed dials every time there is a non story

I'm no fan of him but if he didn't write the letters the non letter outrage bus would getting checked over