Lib Dems call out Blair on torture

The UK's Liberal Democrats party has demanded that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (he of the Faith Foundation) should not be nominated to be the first President of the European Union Council - a post he has apparently expressed interest in - until a full and independent inquiry has been launched to ascertain his (and the British government in general's) involvement in and knowledge of torture and rendition cases since 9/11. According to The Irish Times, the Lib Dems insist it would be "wholly inappropriate for him to occupy such a position before an inquiry has established his role in the formulation of British policy on torture". Apparently the man often described as George Bush's lapdog (once, colourfully as a "yippy little Pekingese in Uncle Sam’s stars-and-stripy lap") only has time for the 'values of respect, justice and compassion' espoused in his pet-project's mission statement as long as you're not talking about innocent civilians subjected to illegal extraordinary rendition and torture with no hope of a fair trial.