"There has been a news article since this one. He was NOT speaking for Blair and he is being taken to task for it."
Link please? The only comment I have seen from Downing Street is that they 'stand by' the comment, nothing to say that they have backtracked from that.
I don't have the link and I am not going to look, but it was posted yesterday on FR. If you search I am sure you can find it. He was severely taken to task for his idiotic statements. I don't lie, but you can believe me or not I don't really give a sh**.