More Balls

In his forlorn bid for the Labour leadership Mr. Ed Balls has been trying to reconnect with the grass roots of his party. The invasion of Iraq, he's been telling us, was a "mistake"...yep, that's right, a mistake. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought a mistake is like when you forget to buy a pint of milk in the supermarket, or when you miss your train...

The war in Iraq however, I'd call that a murderous act of aggression unleashed on the people of Iraq from hell, courtesy of Mr. George W Bush and his nasty little poodle, Tony Blair.

Why then wasn't Mr. Balls telling us about these "mistakes" before the election?

Why? Well it's because, like most of the rest of the Labour elite, Mr. Balls couldn't really give a damn about the innocents in Iraq his party shamelessly helped to kill.

The war in Iraq was not a mistake -- it was a crime. It was the deliberate work of a greedy Labour leader trying to earn himself some political capital whatever the consequences. In May 2010 it's about Blair's prospective successors trying to do exactly the same. The only difference is, these days the wind is blowing in a different direction.

Why did anyone vote for Labour in the recent election? Beats me.