British Nut

After a much-anticipated press conference between President Bush and PM Blair last night, a rogue member of British Parliament is claiming that an attack or assassination attempt on PM Blair would be morally justified. George Galloway is quoted as saying that since Blair sent thousands of troops to die in Iraq, then he would be justified in an assassination.

In the interview, former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan asked: "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?"

The Respect MP replies: "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."

These comments have cause on uproar throughout the UK with all three major political parties condemning such comments. Galloway was a member of Blair's own Labour Party until the fall of 2003 when he was kicked out after he told British solders not to fight in Iraq in defiance to the war. Since then Galloway formed his own Respect party and was able to win a seat in Parliament from a Muslim delegation outside of London. Galloway's position can be summed up by his own actions, earlier this week he made a surprise television appearance from Cuba alongside Fidel Castro. He has since remained in Cuba, and confirmed his comments via his website. 'Nough said.