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Gordon Brown at the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph on Sunday, when he was criticised for failing to dip his head Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images There are some things, you might think, that a world leader would struggle to get wrong. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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The mother who accused the Prime Minister of being disrespectful over the death of her soldier son has accepted his apology after he told a press conference that he understood her grief. Full Article at Times Online
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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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But he even bungled the apology by later claiming his handwriting was merely difficult to read. Mr Brown phoned Jacqui Janes after misspelling her familys name as James and using a felt-tip pen to scratch out an error in the name of her son Jamie. Full Article at Daily Express
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Jamie Janes: Jacqui Janes said Mr Brown's letter is clear evidence of his attitude towards the forces. Full Article at The Telegraph
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David Miliband was never a candidate for the high representative job
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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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To all other families whom I have written to, I can only apologize if my handwriting is difficult to read
