"God will be my judge on Iraq"

This, the latest from Bush's closest friend and partner in crime Tony Blair. I have never understood the gentle touch that Blair has received from both the public and the media compared to what Bush has received. Blair is every bit as repulsive as Bush but he only sounds better. What is it going to take for the British public to reject Blair?

Contradicting warnings from advisers not to mix politics and religion, the Prime Minister said that his interest in politics sprang from his Christianity and its "values and philosophy" had guided him in public life.

Explaining how he managed to live with the decision to go to war in Iraq, Mr Blair replied: "If you have faith about these things then you realise that judgement is made by other people. If you believe in God,it's made by God as well."

Roger Bacon, who has been trying unsuccessfully to meet Tony Blair since his son, Major Matthew Bacon, 34, was killed in Iraq, said last night: "This would explain why he won't see the parents. How can he speak to us when God told him to send the troops out to Iraq so our sons could be killed?"