Prime Minister Tony Blair, at a Downing Street press conference on Tuesday:

“Let us expose the obscenity of these people saying it is concern for Iraq that drives them to terrorism. If it is concern for Iraq then why are they driving a car bomb into the middle of a group of children and killing them?”

In a 75 minute media conference Mr Blair also said there was

“no justification for suicide bombing whether in Palestine, Iraq, in London, in Egypt, in Turkey, anywhere. In the United States of America, there is no justification for it. Period”.

I’m glad someone can tell it straight.