As, I reported exclusively last week, George Bush has declared that black is white. It was perhaps not a huge surprise that Tony Blair came out wholly in support of this statement.

The important question was then put:
If black is white, is the corollary of that statement also true - that is - white is black.
Bush responded thus: if it was in America's interest then he would answer in the affirmatory (sic), but if it was not in America's interest then it was wholly wrong and if it in any way damaged America's economy or its ability to defend itself he would reject it and would put the military on high-priority alert status (sic). This got hoops of applause from the president's right-wing supporters.

When the same question was put to Mr Blair. He said that he would call upon Lord Hutton to
to conduct an enquiry into the matter.

The noble lord hopes to report by 2020.

Lord Hutton is 102.