Gnu has said his piece and, as usual when it comes to the Governor General, it was not worth saying. It was just another of his obscene, factually incorrect and personally insulting diatribes.

There is ample precedent for the GG to wear a military uniform. The occasion was appropriate and I took it in the spirit in which it was intended, as an act of respect for the men and women in the Canadian Forces. My only reaction when I saw the paper this morning was that somebody had evidently showed her how to wear a beret properly.

I remember Gnu using the same level of invective with respect to the former GG, Adrienne Clarkson. He was wrong there too. The veterans I was marching with on 11 November (i.e. men who had actually "done the business", unlike Gnu) had a great deal of affection for her.

So Gnu, do you think you're more qualified than me to express an opinion about the appropriate use of military uniform? Are you going to swear at me too?