tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post3055423051127192123..comments2023-11-03T08:40:03.424+00:00Comments on Jude Collins: I'll liberate you if it kills you...Jude Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-55956717702476948122011-03-29T13:13:59.226+01:002011-03-29T13:13:59.226+01:00But credit to Mark Durkan and Margaret Ritchie for...But credit to Mark Durkan and Margaret Ritchie for voting against the War. I dunno where Big Al was but hes prolly agin it too.<br />Highly principled Naomi Long of the highly principled Alliance Party wasnt there but Im sure she will eulogise and hand wring if a constiuent is killed out there.<br />But 11 Labour MPs voted against.<br />Which is a statistic the Campaign to Bring UK Politics here wont like...the chances are that a Labour MP from here (like er Saint Kate Hoey) would have gone along with it all.<br />So the SDLP are actually more representative of Labour than Labour is.<br />Fair play to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-4868143165424554232011-03-22T12:01:34.985+00:002011-03-22T12:01:34.985+00:00The ComRes poll, for ITV News, found some 53 per c...The ComRes poll, for ITV News, found some 53 per cent of those consulted felt it would be unacceptable for British personnel to die fighting against the Gaddafi regime.<br />More than one in three people, 35 per cent, agreed with the decision to take military action. But, according to the survey, 49 per cent of adults felt such intervention constituted an unnecessary risk for Britain.<br />ComRes interviewed 2,028 people online over the weekend. The findings were weighted to be demographically representative.<br />The survey shows that public support for intervention in Libya has strengthened since the enforcing of the no–fly zone.<br />A survey by Opinium Research, published two weeks ago, found that 59 per cent of people opposed sending British troops to Libya and 27 per cent were in favour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-10710178818702427632011-03-21T12:25:32.072+00:002011-03-21T12:25:32.072+00:00The red line in Libya today is defined by antiimpe...The red line in Libya today is defined by antiimperialism. Everybody must take sides because this attacks can define the future of the region, not only Libya. Here there is some clarifying information http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27596.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-91984142824540977992011-03-21T12:23:45.098+00:002011-03-21T12:23:45.098+00:00Nice reference, Anon - many thanks.Nice reference, Anon - many thanks.Jude Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02255073034338282041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-67441333958012157182011-03-21T11:02:30.674+00:002011-03-21T11:02:30.674+00:00Muammar Gaddafi’s son has claimed Libya helped fin...Muammar Gaddafi’s son has claimed Libya helped finance Nicolas Sarkozy’s successful election campaign in 2007, and wants the French president to give the money back.<br /><br />In an interview with the Euronews TV channel, Saif al-Islam said the Libyan regime had details of bank transfers and was ready to make them public in a move designed to punish Sarkozy for throwing his weight behind the opposition forces in Libya.<br /><br />Asked what he felt about Sarkozy’s unsuccessful efforts to muster international support for military intervention against the regime in Tripoli, Saif said: “Sarkozy must first give back the money he took from Libya to finance his electoral campaign.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965333981619997978.post-59119991202845627922011-03-21T10:43:01.988+00:002011-03-21T10:43:01.988+00:00Only last month David Cameron was saying you can&#...Only last month David Cameron was saying you can't drop democracy from 40,000 feet.It did not take him long to do yet another of his U-Turns.hoboroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474379737795624096noreply@blogger.com