I don’t want to make too big a deal about this. But I have to agree with Mickey Kaus that Tony Blair’s statement on the assassination of Dutch rightist politician Pim Fortuyn was more than a little inadequate. “No matter what feelings political figures arouse, the ballot box is the place to express them,” said the Brit PM. This caught my eye here even before I saw that Mickey had pointed it out. It does almost read like, “Well, you can understand the sentiment but this is hardly an appropriate response.” Perhaps, as they say in the House, Blair needs to revise and extend his remarks.
