Is forgetting to bow a crime?...

Did Sir John Stanley bow his head at the Tonbridge War memorial on Sunday? Did anyone notice? Does it matter if someone forgets the protocol at these events? Gordon Brown has certainly been getting some stick, albeit mainly from the Sun newspaper about forgetting to bow at the Cenotaph and making spelling errors on his hand written note to the bereaved mother of a soldier. Should he have had it typed? Should someone have checked it for him before it went out? Wouldn't that have made it less personal? Shouldn't we be grateful that the numbers of dead are still small enough for him to be able to personally write to each family....