August 26, 2004
The Big Intervention
Nice to see Plaid Cymru MP Adam Price wants to impeach Tony Blair for misleading the public over Iraq. I think the fact that the last impeachment case was nearly two hundred years ago gives a good indication of Price's chances of suceeding, though Keith Vaz deserves a good slap for claiming that This matter has been put before the nation day after day over the last few years. All these reports have exonerated the government and it's time to move on.In fact there's a fair bit of traffic on this one:
Blair impeachment campaign starts - BBC A campaign to use age-old powers to impeach Tony Blair for misleading the public over the Iraq war is being launched by a group of MPs on Thursday.
MPs plan to impeach Blair over Iraq war record - The Guardian. MPs are planning to impeach Tony Blair for "high crimes and misdemeanours" in taking Britain to war against Iraq, reviving an ancient practice last used against Lord Palmerston more than 150 years ago.
MPs in bid to impeach Blair - Daily Mail. An all-party group of MPs is hoping to use an ancient Parliamentary mechanism to bring the Prime Minister to trial in Westminster Hall.
MP tries to impeach Blair on WMD - Telegraph. A Welsh nationalist MP has drawn up a report detailing the Prime Minister's alleged "high crimes and misdemeanours" which will form the basis of the indictment.
Short of putting a bullet through Blair's head or blowing the bugger up (and I'm not advocating either course), the best chance for ridding ourselves of this turbulent Prime Minister is through the Labour Party, groups such as Save The Labour Party and The Big Intervention. However, if you truly care about this country then it is incumbent upon you to support any campaign that has a chance of unseating Blair.
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Posted by Clive on August 26, 2004 9:33 AM in the category Old Stuff