The theory, however, would be reversed: instead of only humanitarian goods being let into Iraq, everything would be free to go in except for prohibited items.
"I have every confidence in the London Marathon community and the Metropolitan Police that they won't let it go ahead unless they have done everything possible, " she said in a BBC interview.
Anyone who thinks this was just a minor problem and everything would have been fine if we let everyone go broke is not thinking straight and is indulging in reconstructive thinking after the fact.