Blair refuse to meet war widows against the war

[lostexpectation]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4948080.stm

In Parliament on Wednesday, MP for Liverpool and West Derby Bob Wareing challenged Mr Blair to meet the relatives.

"Would you spare five or ten minutes to meet them?" Mr Wareing asked the prime minister.

Mr Blair replied: "I yield to nobody, nobody, in my support and in my admiration for the work that the soldiers in Iraq do.

"It is also important, however, from my perspective, and also I believe from the perspective of those who are serving out in Iraq, that they know that we are fully behind the work that they are doing there.

"They are there with a United Nations resolution, they are there with the full support of the Iraqi government, and I believe at this moment it is important that they know that they are doing a job that is right and worthwhile and is absolutely necessary."

The relatives, meanwhile, say they will continue campaigning for a meeting with the prime minister.

"He's not going to listen," says Mrs Brierley just before she heads to the pub with her friends from Military Families Against The War.

"But I will keep trying until the day I die."


He yield to now one not even war widows!! Thats how much he supports the troops?

 

[big footed fred]

After this week is it any wonder bent Blair wants to avoid any more bad press.

 

[Azrael]

Fucking coward.

Been saying it for ages, this hard man bollocks covers the truth; man's a ditch-diving, cowering, shitten-trousered little scardypants. Tough this, tough that, like Grant Mitchell in that Extras episode, he just wan't to let it all out and run off to Family Affairs. No bullying on Family Affairs.

Whole program is centred around saving your arse. Look, there's BAD people coming for you! Quick, let's abolish any liberty under the sun to stop them hurting you. NOTHING is worth dying for. 'Cept letting Bush get *actually* elected.

But least I can still run away from grieving relatives. See, consistancy!

 

[fela fan]

"Would you spare five or ten minutes to meet them?" Mr Wareing asked the prime minister.


So i guess that would be a 'yes' or a 'no' then, no?


Mr Blair replied: "I yield to nobody, nobody, in my support and in my admiration for the work that the soldiers in Iraq do.

"It is also important, however, from my perspective, and also I believe from the perspective of those who are serving out in Iraq, that they know that we are fully behind the work that they are doing there.

"They are there with a United Nations resolution, they are there with the full support of the Iraqi government, and I believe at this moment it is important that they know that they are doing a job that is right and worthwhile and is absolutely necessary."


Oh well, one word answers obviously too difficult.

What pisses me off about these criminal bastards is that they're always let off with these evasive answers. Nobody ever presses them. For example the man banged on and on about saving the iraqi people at the outset, yet now says our soldiers are there with the full support of the iraqi government.

"But mr blair, do they have the full support of the iraqi people?"

"But mr blair, will you or won't you meet these war widows?"

"But mr blair, you started the war with no UN resolutions, so why do they matter now?"

" But mr blair, do you really, in all honesty, still believe yourself to be a sane person?"

 

[Azrael]

Excuse one of the three people left in the country who gives a shite about Commons procedure but there was every case, given the gravity of the situation and the blatent disreguard for the question, for the Speaker to step in and press a straight answer.

Course, he's a new Labour man as well, so that'll happen.

 

[ZWord]

But it's totally consistent with the overall blair government strategy to refuse all meetings that could have a negative outcome.

The number of times channel 4 has reported a big story and asked for a government minister and received the response that no-one is available for comment is ridiculous.

And their strategy works, as far as staying in power is concerned.

 

[MatthewCuffe]

Excuse one of the three people left in the country who gives a shite about Commons procedure but there was every case, given the gravity of the situation and the blatent disreguard for the question, for the Speaker to step in and press a straight answer.

Course, he's a new Labour man as well, so that'll happen.

Absolutely correct. It is a disgrace that the Speaker did not step in. Clearly what ACLB said was not an answer to the question whatsoever.

And yes - he is, was, and always will be an utter, utter coward. One of those reprehensible human beings who is perfectly happy to create warzones, but would run away from a verbal argument about one if it came anywhere near him.

Disgraceful, disgraceful, disgraceful.

Historians will damn this idiotic boy. I will not use the word 'man' about him. Not even nine years of claiming to the British Prime Minister have made him mature into an adult.

 

[phildwyer]

But it's totally consistent with the overall blair government strategy to refuse all meetings that could have a negative outcome.

Exactly. Its got nothing to do with his personal qualities, its all PR, as is everything he does--with the single exception of going to war with Iraq in the first place. Bush meets with bereaved family members, but only after their political opinions have been vetted...