[Media-watch] FW: War against Iraq

[Mark and Andrea Priestley]

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I 
wrote to you last week to congratulate you on what appeared to be a principled 
stand against an unjustified, illegal and unprincipled act of aggression against 
a third world country. Indeed I suggested that, contrary to the satire of 
Bremner, Bird and Fortune, you had not lost your conscience.
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It 
appears that I was wrong. Shame on you.
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<SPAN 
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<SPAN 
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<FONT face=Tahoma 
size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Mark and Andrea Priestley 
[mailto:priestley at onetel.net.uk]Sent: 09 March 2003 
23:34To: shortc at parliament.ukSubject: War against 
Iraq
Dear 
Claire
I write to 
congratulate you for your public stance today in opposing war. I have 
increasingly lost my faith in politicians and the political process over recent 
months and your action has gone some way towards restoring it. You may have seen 
a sketch on Bremner, Bird and Fortune last week about you losing your 
conscience; you have demonstrated today that you have found it again, or better 
still never lost it.
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I will not vote 
Labour while Tony Blair remains in charge, despite being a lifelong 
supporter. His actions and rhetoric are at odds with all that is good about 
the Labour Party, and I cannot bring myself to vote for someone 
who:
  Is prepared to kill 
  tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians for the sake of supporting the USA in a 
  cause which has not been proven to be valid. 
  Puts the needs of 
  private enterprise and multi-national corporations before the needs of 
  people 
  Is so cynical in 
  ignoring public opinion and the opinion of the Labour Party. 
  Has so blatently 
  used propaganda in seeking to persuade people of the righteousness of his 
  cause.
Nevertheless I wish 
you well.
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Yours 
sincerely
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