The Tide Has Turned.
Troops' families demand public inquiry into war
By Severin Carrell
01 May 2005
The parents of British troops killed in Iraq are to demand that Tony Blair orders a public inquiry into the war or face legal action in the courts.
Six families will go to Downing Street on Tuesday to call for an independent inquiry into the legality of the war, after it emerged last week that the Attorney General warned the UK could lose in court if it failed to win the United Nations' approval.
The families will hand in a legal notice to Mr Blair that warns they will petition the High Court for a full judicial review into the legality of the invasion if he refuses to set up an inquiry. The parents, who are being advised by human rights lawyers and supported by the Stop the War coalition, are led by Reg Keys and Rose Gentle, who are standing in the election against Mr Blair and Adam Ingram, the Armed Forces minister, respectively.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=634695
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Falling and Faltering
A hundred days into his second term, President Bush’s agenda is in trouble. And things are not looking much better for Republicans on Capitol Hill.
April 28 -
His second term is in a sinkhole. The American people give him low marks on everything but the war on terrorism, and that’s because there hasn’t been a second attack on U.S. soil. President George W. Bush is inept on economic policy, out of his depth on the issue of Social Security and rudderless on foreign policy.
Yet, as he demonstrated in his press conference last night, Bush conveys unshakeable confidence, arrogance even. His core message: we know where we’re going and nothing is going to stop us from getting there.
As Bush’s numbers fall and the image of Congress falters, there’s a general impression that Washington is increasingly out of touch with the American people. Bush is talking about Social Security privatization when health care and gas prices are the top issues that worry voters. The president has the luxury of indulging in an ideological crusade. He’s isn’t running again. Bush brags about how courageous he is for touching the third rail of politics, but he’s more cowardly than courageous in refusing to talk about increasing taxes during a time of record budget deficits and when his Social Security plan will cost huge sums to implement.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7680442/site/newsweek/
---PRESS JOIN THE PEOPLE---
By Severin Carrell
01 May 2005
The parents of British troops killed in Iraq are to demand that Tony Blair orders a public inquiry into the war or face legal action in the courts.
Six families will go to Downing Street on Tuesday to call for an independent inquiry into the legality of the war, after it emerged last week that the Attorney General warned the UK could lose in court if it failed to win the United Nations' approval.
The families will hand in a legal notice to Mr Blair that warns they will petition the High Court for a full judicial review into the legality of the invasion if he refuses to set up an inquiry. The parents, who are being advised by human rights lawyers and supported by the Stop the War coalition, are led by Reg Keys and Rose Gentle, who are standing in the election against Mr Blair and Adam Ingram, the Armed Forces minister, respectively.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=634695
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Falling and Faltering
A hundred days into his second term, President Bush’s agenda is in trouble. And things are not looking much better for Republicans on Capitol Hill.
April 28 -
His second term is in a sinkhole. The American people give him low marks on everything but the war on terrorism, and that’s because there hasn’t been a second attack on U.S. soil. President George W. Bush is inept on economic policy, out of his depth on the issue of Social Security and rudderless on foreign policy.
Yet, as he demonstrated in his press conference last night, Bush conveys unshakeable confidence, arrogance even. His core message: we know where we’re going and nothing is going to stop us from getting there.
As Bush’s numbers fall and the image of Congress falters, there’s a general impression that Washington is increasingly out of touch with the American people. Bush is talking about Social Security privatization when health care and gas prices are the top issues that worry voters. The president has the luxury of indulging in an ideological crusade. He’s isn’t running again. Bush brags about how courageous he is for touching the third rail of politics, but he’s more cowardly than courageous in refusing to talk about increasing taxes during a time of record budget deficits and when his Social Security plan will cost huge sums to implement.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7680442/site/newsweek/
---PRESS JOIN THE PEOPLE---
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