Daily archives: November 7, 2006

REMEMBRANCE DAY FOR IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

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From Military Families Against the War

Members of military families who have lost loved ones or have family serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have designated Saturday November 11 as Iraq and Afghanistan remembrance day.

We have organised a wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall at 2pm on that day. After the ceremony we will be handing in a letter to Tony Blair signed by 500 military family members calling for the troops to be brought home.

We are appealing to members of military families, veterans and service people to join us in holding a minute’s silence and laying wreaths for all the service men and women and civilians killed in Blair’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We will be assembling in Prince Charles Street off Whitehall at 2pm on Saturday November 11th.

Yours

Rose Gentle

Peter Brierley

Military Families Against the War

www.mfaw.org.uk

for further information contact:

Rose Gentle: 07951 767 530

Andrew Burgin: 07939 242 229

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Labour MP Hypocrisy

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Tartan Hero tallies the Labour MPs most responsible for the defeat of last weeks call for an Iraq war enquiry:

A quick glance of Hansard shows that the following EDM1088 signatures, voted against the SNP/Plaid Cymru debate with an almost identical text wording:

The Roll of Shame:

Colin Challen (very disappointing as I admired him for his Climate Change agenda)

Ronnie Campbell

Michael Clapham

Jim Cousins (Labour Scot)

Ann Cryer

Jim Devine (Livingston MP)

Neil Gerrard

Ian Gibson (Labour Scot)

Jim McGovern (Dundee West MP)

Austin Mitchell

Linda Riordan

Jon Trickett

The rush of Scottish, or Scottish-born but representing an English seat, Labour MPs who have rallied to support Blair this time even though they have publicly campaigned against the war on Iraq is galling. Michael Connarty. Ann McKechin. And Joan Ruddock? I used to admire her for her leadership of CND in the 1980s.

Congratulations to Dr Gavin Strang for having the integrity to vote according to his beliefs and previous support for EDM 1088.

It’s very clear that because it was a Nationalist motion they couldn’t bring themselves to support the motion. Talk about putting your party prejudices before your own beliefs, and your own country’s interests, disgraceful. But we wont forget.

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