David Norris (Independent)

——mouth wash. I was told that even though it was less than 100 ml, it was the container that was the danger. Yet one can buy a large bottle of water to carry on board. What was the problem with the container? Did they think I would go into the cabin and squirt the toothpaste in the pilot's eye, take over the plane and land it on the White House? It is absurd.

Will the Leader ask the Taoiseach, whom we all respect, to at last declare war on terrorism and diplomatically isolate the two principal terrorists on the planet, Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair? It is only when their activities are contained and the situation in the Middle East is resolved that we will not have to take these absurd travel precautions.