Gordon Brown has many dreadful things since he became Prime Minister - and, less we forget, before, when he was Tony Blair Chabcellor of the Exchequer.

But writing a partly illegible letter and mispelling a dead soldier's name, though embarassing and hurtful to mother of the soldier is hardly up there with his other crimes amd misdemeanors. Staying in Afghanistan, for example. Letting the nationalised bankers go on earning obscene bonuses. Over the years helping destroy the last vestiges of the Labour party's committment to socialism.

Which hasn't stopped the Sun going hysterically ballistic about the letter to the soldier's mum, and the consequent phone conversation, which they arranged to have secretly recorded. He's an emotionally clumsy, shy guy. Compared to his other faults, that's not so terrible.

Gordon has every reason to be angry with the Sun. In fact, IMHO. he should kill the editor, without further ado.

He would have to resign, of course. But at last he would have done something honourable. And whoever took over might actually win the subsequent election.