blair showed just how grown-up he is today: during commons question time, he was asked for some comments on the anti-war demonstrations on saturday next.



questioned by backbench mps, the very adult leader of great britain and northern ireland "... contrasted democracy in britain with saddam hussein's iraq where he said people are not free to stage political demonstrations".



glad to see political debate is so full of adult consideration of the facts, not just name-calling and heckling.

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while i'm on the subject of informed comment, doesn't tony-boy know that demonstrations on saturday have been banned from new york?



surely he should have "... contrasted democracy in britain with george w bush's united states of america where he said people are not free to stage political demonstrations".



but that's just me being childish; i'm glad our esteemed pm would never stoop so low.