He also said what many are thinking about the looming report by Lord Hutton into the death of Dr David Kelly.

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McLeish cited an incident in his side's 1-1 draw with Tottenham on 4 December in which Spurs defender Alan Hutton appeared to headbutt the Blues' David Murphy, but was not charged.

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