George Bush's paintings: this is the art of Forrest Gump

The comedy of a naive self-portrait apparently helped humanise the man most responsible for the 2003 invasion of Iraq

George W Bush has found that magic recipe for public redemption that eludes Tony Blair. Don't waste time on globetrotting missions and elder-statesman opinions that do nothing to appease people who see you as a liar and warmonger and think you should be arrested. Take up painting instead.

That gentle, civilised art can wipe away a surprising quantity of blood.

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