IF you want to see Tony Blair and George Bush transformed in the twinkling of an eye into Genghis Khan and Vlad The Impaler, ladies and gentleman, come and behold Gorgeous George Galloway, the Great Illusionist and his able assistant, Graham Horne (Letters, May 3).

This show has already had great success in Iraq where Saddam Hussein was in the front seat of an enthusiastic audience. Saddam is a good magician, too. He made lots of people disappear.

Oh, and Tony Blair (recently rated as sixth in a list of great humanitarians in a national poll) did actually save some lives in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Indonesia, etc. Strange for a monster.

John A Wallace,

Markham Crescent, York.

Updated: 11:25 Wednesday, May 12, 2004