Alexander: Ambassador would have been ‘distraction’

Douglas Alexander, shadow foreign secretary, responded to the decision not to allow the Syrian ambassador to attend the royal wedding:
“Allowing the Syrian ambassador to attend the royal wedding would have sent confused and mixed signals to Damascus.
“That regime deserves our unequivocal condemnation for the brutal repression they are using against the Syrian protestors.
“His presence would also have distracted attention from this national celebration.”