When Nothing Goes to Plan!

I have to admit a little sympathy for Gordon Brown in the latest revelations about the ineptitude of this government. That the Prime Minister takes time to write personally to the family of service personnel killed in Afghanistan is clearly to be commended. However, it is symptomatic of a government that has completely lost the ability to govern that they can't even get this right! If Brown's lackeys in Number 10 lack the wit or the back bone to tell the Prime Minister that he needs to rewrite a letter where key items are mis-spelt there is something seriously wrong at the heart of government.

My sympathy for Brown doesn't however extend very far. He is the politician who was consistently hostile to Ministry of Defence requests for appropriate equipment when in the Treasury, he has shown little genuine support for the armed forces while in Number 10 and the half baked attempts to smear former generals who have raised grave concerns about military strategy beggar belief.

Once again he has proven himself utterly incapable to fulfill the office of Prime Minister - and those that pay the price are our service men and women on the front line.