[Margaret Pilkington]

Neil, that would have been the best way to do it, but I think that GB has issues around his eyesight....maybe denial being the strongest one.
I don't think he realises that his sight problems are a disability that would have him on early retirement if he were out in industry or commerce.
I also think that there has been some deterioration in his eyesight recently, it was reported that he had seen an eye specialist for retinal problems(a tear in the retina of his good eye).

Gordon Brown had good intentions when he wrote to this mother, he felt her loss, because he has experienced the loss of a child.
Unfortunately, this mother is still grieving and looking for someone to blame......and the newspaper has used her anger in grief, to score political points, they have used and manipulated a soldiers grieving mother for their own ends. I don't think you can get much lower than that. It is on a par with stealing the pennies off a dead man,s eyes.