No spin Brown?

Well, we should all be thankful. Gordon Brown has withdrawn 1,000 troops from Iraq( or 500 if you want to take the information from Channel 4 news) When we were all trudging the streets of London, Cardiff, Aberystwyth wherever in protest against the war, what we wanted the London Government to do in Iraq was ignored.

Suddenly we must all fall over ourselves in praise of Gordon. 'Thank you for listening to us', 'thank you for acting with your conscience, dear Gordon' ( or thank you for getting ready for an election more like it. Bad advice from the media masters I must say. Cameron can get you on returning to the Blair spin now....nasty....)

So, to be positive about all of this today, and to ensure that I stop throwing things at my television in disgust, Gordon, I'd like to start by requesting that the Independent inquiry that Plaid called for many months ago will be acted upon now. Can we finally analyse the affects and the reasons for the war, and get the answers we need to restore people's faith in politics?

Or perhaps that won't fit in to the election strategy? While you are busy thinking about how to withdraw the remaining troops, I'm sure that we can start the process of an inquiry. After all, there are quite a few Government reviews ongoing at the moment. One more wouldn't hurt a soul.

While I wait for the announcement of the inquiry I'll go and get my canvassing shoes polished ready for the(possible) weeks of campaigning ahead.