wld ...I agree with your thoughts on politicians, I find them generally disgusting , but GG was a maverick when most people were in thrall to the "New Labour Project" and never changed his position although it threatened to end his political career.

I also agree that politics can be a bit of a balancing act, but Blair and his accomplices overstepped the mark on Iraq.

No matter what they say , a large number of people here and in the country knew they were lying right from the start, and our involvment in the mess that is Iraq today, can be laid directly at Blairs door.

I dont think for a moment it was compassion for the people suffering under Saddam which motivated Blair,but rather a desire for "political celebrity" on the coat tails of America.

George Galloway has the measure of him, and Blair knows it.

Although Blair has been lucky and is a bit of a survivor ,this latest scenario could be the end for him as people begin to link his policies with the reaction of a section of Muslim youth..Ake