Daily Mail - UK logo Daily Mail - UK 2 weeks ago

Mother of dead soldier in extraordinary late night phone row with Gordon Brown after PM calls over 'misspelt' letter of condolence

Details have emerged today of a heated late-night phone conversation between Gordon Brown and the mother of a dead soldier who has accused him of 'insulting' her son by spelling his name wrong in a letter of condolence. Mr Brown was said to have been ' Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

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