Last week, Oliver Miles, Britain's former ambassador to Libya and a pillar of the country's foreign policy establishment, put his thinking cap on, put pen to paper and came up with the following thoughts in a column in the Independent newspaper about the presence of the esteemed historians Martin Gilbert and Lawrence Freedman on the board of the UK's latest Iraq Inquiry:

"Both Gilbert and Freedman are Jewish, and Gilbert at least has a record of active support for Zionism," he said. "...if and when the inquiry is accused of a whitewash, such handy ammunition will be available. Membership should not only be balanced; it should be seen to be balanced." (My italics)

In other words, Jews are an embarrassment. Ban them...