VAR Op in the USA by a new-found confidence to criticise the war and Bush and a drop in Bush's popularity. His demand for an extra $87 billion, more than the USA's yearty education budget, is too big a pill to swallow.
It is in Britain, however, that the political crisis is most acute. In a recent Guardian poll, over 53 percent believe that the war was unjustified. The Observer reveals that 80 per cent of Labour Party members believe that Blair exaggerated the military threat to justify going to war. Blair's approval rating has dropped to an all-time low.
The unending stream of damaging revelations from the Hutton inquiry, combod with mass demonstrations against the war, make Blair's position untenable. He might enjoy the support of majority in parliament, but across Britain the majority is against him.
Demonstrations on a scale D
unprecedented in British history have stoked up the crisis in the establishment and rocked New Labour. Blair cannot avoid the relentless daily questions about why no WMDs have been found. He could not avoid the massive setOND NO WAR ON IRAQ
Greenstock, the British ambassador in Iraq,
it is costing Britain £40 million a week to
finance its share of the occupation. The USA
are having to find $5 billion a month. This is
money that should be spent eradicating
poverty and preventable diseases across the
The Stop the War Coalition now I need to focus is energies against
the occupation, unwanted by the
Iraqis and the people of Britain and the
USA. Our rallying call needs to be "Troops
the Iraqis to decide on the future of their
country without interference. isg ple also need to focus on the growing recognition that the war and the manner in
which it has been pursued is a crime. Of
course no justice can be expected from
international courts such as the one in the
Hague.
They have remained silent about one of
the most obvious crimes now being carried
out - the treatment of the prisoners at
Guantanamo Bay.
But an international tribunal initiated by
the peace movement, like the one headed