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During the 2005 UK General Election and the 2006 local elections, we asked you to register a highly visible and damaging protest vote against Tony Blair, his style of government, his right-wing leanings, and his lies about the 'war' on terror and Iraq.

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Thursday, February 10, 2005

Backing Blair: the launch (an email to Tony Blair)

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Dear Tony Blair,

You had this to say regarding The Butler Inquiry (it's on record at Hansard): The inquiry is certainly not going to address the issue of whether it was right to go to war or not. That is a question for the Government first, then for Parliament and then, ultimately, for the people to decide.

Yet you like to pretend that the reports presented by Hutton and Butler put you in the clear.

You also like to suggest repeatedly that - on Iraq - the people will be able to judge you at the polls.

Yet here you are during the recent by-elections asking voters to put their feelings about Iraq aside when they vote.

So we're calling you out, Tony.

During the campaign season for the upcoming general election, we will be fighting to keep Iraq on the agenda.

Following the recent Iraqi elections, everything could (maybe, just possibly) go swimmingly, but we did not invade Iraq to bring the Iraqis democracy or free them from a brutal dictator, now did we?

We were assured that Iraq presented a very real and current danger. We were assured that there were WMD. We were assured that Saddam was pursuing a nuclear capability and/or building a 'dirty bomb'. We were assured that long range missiles could be fired within 45 minutes. It was suggested throughout the affair that Saddam had links to al Qaeda and that this was a vital part of the war on terror... when in truth the invasion of Iraq created a playground for terrorists and even swept tonnes of munitions right into their waiting arms.

And while we're on the so-called 'war' on terror, just where in the hell do you get off detaining people without trial?

During the campaign season for the upcoming general election, we will also be fighting to keep your manipulation of the 'war' on terror on the agenda.

We will also be highlighting your continued swing to the right, your reliance on right-wing media magnate Rupert Murdoch and your inexplicable devotion to George W. Bush.

We are going to hammer and chip away at your teflon coating until our hands are bloody and raw.

While we do this, we will also be urging people to register protest votes that are visible, strategic and ruthless.

We will not be cowed and we will not be diverted, because we know that we won't have our country back until you are kicked out of office by the electorate or your own party.

1 Comments:

John said...

Way to mince your words :-)

All I can say is - go for it!

February 11, 2005 11:28 AM  

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