I agree he was as good as any, but he wasn't good enough. That wasn't his failing. You needed someone whose voice reached further than Westminster. Someone who had the ability to put international pressure on westminster to listen.

That person may never have existed or maybe he did, but was drowned out by the understandable anger and call for reprisal. The only thing we know for sure is we'll never know now. Too much water and all that.

I suspose all we can hope is that everyone has learnt the need to listen.