SHOOTING FROM THE HIP

All through the war in Iraq the tripe spouting forth from former liberal Christopher Hitchens was astonishing.

He quickly figured out that his Washington lunch dates were going to dry up if he oppposed the war and took a strategic stand in favour of regime change.

It therefore gladdened the heart to hear Gorgeous George denounce him on telly just before his apearance before the lickspittle Senate Committee:

“You’re a Gin-Soaked ex-Trotskyist Poppinjay!” you can hear him announce to the hovering Hitch, before continuing...“You’re hands are trembling you need a drink!”

A cruel but wonderful put-down of the baw-faced “Hitch”. Chris has been much beloved of the Yanks who for decades have confused a posh voice and a vocabulary for an intellect and he was critical to the US war-makers who used the fact that this 'man of the left' was behind the invasion.

More on Hitch here...