Hitches is correct when he says polarised politics push buttons, as I am sure I would agree with him if he said Pinot noir is best served at a slightly lower temperature to chianti.

But he is The UK's version of an American Tea Party dude. He is the right wing section of the most right wing newspaper. Bridge reckons I can be to the right of most here, but Hitchens would make me look as if I wore sandals and drank beer with bits of bark in it.

His condemnation is of what he is paid for saying in his columns! The only difference between a politician and a journalist is how we pay them.

I heard his brother used to pray for him.............