It is not the allegations that he was being paid by Saddam Hussain - soon to be settled in the libel courts - that will destroy George Galloway. No, it is this book. In this strange, repetitive little manifesto - marketed as an autobiography by in fact a short and incoherent rant - Galloway does not just shoot himself in the foot; he machine-guns his own legs to pieces.
I found so many other shocking references and great sound bites from the article I'd rather send you over to read it all.
Other anti-war leftists at least put up some resemblance of disgust at Saddam Hussein's genocidal crimes, sincere or not. To Galloway, Saddam Hussein and other third world dictators are the heroes, and the democratically elected leaders of the west are the villains. After all, Saddam paid him far better than Tony Blair did.
Grand mockery, all of it, but the scene that goes in the Movie Metaphysics highlight reel is when the reluctant Brian finally addresses his followers. "You don't need to follow me!," he pleads in exasperation. "You don't need to follow anybody! You've got to think for yourselves! You're all different!"
The crowd responds, "Yes! We're all different!"
And one tiny voice pipes up, "I'm not."
You couldn't monkeywrench group-think better if you tried.
A major surprise result as Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Hindu-nationalist BJP party loses India's national election, and the Congress Party is swept back in power, lead by Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The Congress party will be dependent on support from various leftist parties, including the communists which will hold key seats.
I am certainly no expert in Indian politics, but to me it looks like a good thing that the voters punished the deeply divisive Hindu nationalism. On the other hand, it appeared that India's economy was on the right track, and the country is unlikely to benefit from socialism. The rest of the world will also wonder whether the new rulers will continue the important peace process with Pakistan.
The news that got away: Robert Mugabe has halted international food aid to the country, even as the opposition and international observers are convinced there are severe shortages. Mugabe is being accused of planning to starve the opposition.
Earlier, Zimbabwe has suspended a mission by the UN's World Food Programme to inspect the country's crops.
Do we see yet another massive genocide in progress?
If we do, then there should be little doubt that South Africa's Mbeki should hang as an accomplice to this crime.
