Has George Galloway gone too far this time by suggesting that the assassination of Tony Blair may be morally justified? In an interview for GQ he was asked the question “Would the assassination of, say, Tony Blair by a suicide bomber – if there were no other casualties – be justified as revenge for the war on Iraq?” He responded “Yes, it would be morally justified. I am not calling for it – but if it happened it would be of a wholly different moral order to the events of 7/7. It would be entirely logical and explicable. And morally equivalent to ordering the deaths of thousands of innocent people in Iraq – as Blair did”.

I like George but this is just the most absurb thing I’ve ever read and after the disappointingly ignorant and slightly arrogant answers to readers questions in the Independent last week, I’m beginning to wonder whether the man really has lost his marbles. He wouldn’t really say something so stupid would he? Why is his answer to everything always ‘I didn’t. Check the thousands of statements I’ve made on this?’

UPDATE 26/05/06:

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