Tim Blair

SADDAM HUSSEIN couldn't buy George

SADDAM HUSSEIN couldn't buy George Galloway! Er, actually, Saddam couldn't afford him:

Saddam Hussein rejected a request from George Galloway for more money, saying that the Labour backbencher's "exceptional" demands were not affordable, according to an official document found by The Daily Telegraph in Baghdad.

The letter from Saddam's most senior aide was sent in response to Mr Galloway's reported demand for additional funds. This was outlined in a memorandum from the Iraqi intelligence chief disclosed yesterday in The Daily Telegraph.