re: #63 Killgore Trout

Classy: ‘It was a private conversation, that’s not my public view. Here’s my excuse, of course there is no excuse…’

“Asked about the emails, Mr Maqsood initially defended his right to a private argument. “Is it anything wrong to have a private conversation? That is not my public view … I am not an anti-Semite at all. I have many Jewish friends.”

But late yesterday Mr Maqsood apologised and withdrew the remarks. “I am ashamed to say they were made at a time when I was intoxicated and angry,” he said. “Of course, there is no excuse for such remarks.”