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As Jacqui Janes tapes her conversation with Gordon Brown, it's clear politicians are heading for asymmetric war with the public The Sun is certainly out to get its former friend Gordon Brown, to the extent that it has published a deeply awkward private... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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"Give Brown a break"... "Whilst I have every sympathy with Mrs Janes for the loss of her son, personally I would have been more touched that Mr Brown took the time to personally write to her to offer his condolences"... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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Just as victims of crime and their relatives such as Sarah Payne are perhaps not the best qualified in a democratic society, to formulate policy on crime, equally so the recently bereaved mothers and wives of soldiers are also not best qualified to... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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Reporting from London - Let down by his own bad handwriting, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown found himself apologizing yet again today to a woman whose name he misspelled in a condolence letter over the death of her son in Afghanistan. Full Article at Los Angeles Times
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The Sun is certainly out to get its former friend Gordon Brown, to the extent that it has published a deeply awkward private telephone conversation between the Prime Minister and a war widow. Full Article at Charlie Beckett, POLIS Director
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I’m a parent who understands the feelings when something goes terribly wrong, and I understand how long it takes for people to handle and deal with the grief we have all experienced. I understand very well the sadness that she feels, and the way that she has expressed her grief is something that I can a...
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I think very carefully [about] what I say, and I wanted to assure her that the words that I was using, even if she had found them difficult to read, which I understand from my writing, were sincerely meant ... The last thing on my mind was to cause any offense to Jacqui Janes.
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Every time I write a letter to mothers and fathers and partners who have suffered bereavement to express my sincere condolences, it is a moment of personal sadness to me. I send a handwritten letter to every family and I often write to more than one member of the family. I have telephoned Jacqui Janes t...
