Gareth: well I actually called them innocent iraqis, but now that we've got the pedantries out of the way...

George Galloway should never have been on the hook, for a start. Granted he's a sleazy little man but if that whole affair with the documents doesn't stink of complete and utter set-up then i'm Lee Harvey Oswald. The BBC have been dragged into this to distract/bore the public, but I doubt this'll let them off the hook - it could really go either way just now as far as I can tell. Of course if the government continues to talk hard talk about discontinuing the BBC's licence when it comes up for review, because the BBC refuses to well, disagree with them, that's a sure sign of cracks. Anyway, I thought you were an old labour sort of fellow? Your pal Rhodri certainly seems as such. Please don't get a taste for the licking of backsides, there's enough of that about...

pardon the language, but well, I get riled up when e'er I smell fresh Blairite hanging in the air!