Comments on: MSPs mount bid for Iraq prosecutions

By: The week outside Westminster | Left Foot Forward

The week outside Westminster | Left Foot Forward — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:18:43 +0000

[...] number of SNP MPs were reported to be launching a campaign to see Tony Blair prosecuted in Scotland over his role in Iraq. The SNP [...]

By: Anon E Mouse

Anon E Mouse — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:12:12 +0000

Liz – Finally we agree on something! I’m going to have a couple of beers now tonight…

By: Liz McShane

Liz McShane — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:32:53 +0000

Anon – I agree with you on MSPs, re being found guilty – it wouldn’t be the first time that that there has been a miscarriage of justice and the guilty perons/s are still at large.

By: Anon E Mouse

Anon E Mouse — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:44:26 +0000

Billy – Fair point but in the commons one cannot be charged for anything they say, whether it was honest or not – if they could then Brown would be under arrest for his obvious lies on the economy. And we never did find out what he thought of the man’s release…

Liz – Whilst I agree that the guy may not have done it he was found guilty by a jury in a trial so he does the time I’m afraid. It is not for MSP’s to decide when or why he leaves prison before his sentence is served.

What is of major concern is that we now live in a system where the Judges are having their decisions on sentencing overturned by the MP’s and that is not their job.

The judiciary is not one of the tools of the Labour Party. Neither are the Metropolitan Police in London. For Sir Ian Blair to have the met’s police cars emblazoned with Labour Party propaganda at the last election was disgraceful…

By: Liz McShane

Liz McShane — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:57:15 +0000

Anon – re the Libyan guy that was in the Scottish prison – you are assuming that the authorities caught the right man….. i think the jury (no pun intended) is still out….. even some of the relatives do not believe that he was behind the Lockerbie bombing (and that is not to condone it in anyway by the way….)

By: Billy Blofeld

Billy Blofeld — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:53:30 +0000

Decisions were taken by parliament – but was the information put before parliament dodgy? Was the war lawful (the Dutch have concluded it wasn’t)? Also why Iraq?

Only a trial(s) will close this issue once and for all.

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By: Richard Trillo

Richard Trillo — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:11:22 +0000

“Complacent”, true, but actually “complicit”. . .

By: Mr. Sensible

Mr. Sensible — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:35:09 +0000

Anon E Mouse I think we’ve found something to agree on.

I think the opposition is based on hindsight.

Even the Liberal Democrats’ then leader, Charles Kenedy, admitted there were issues.

Blair made clear that it would be most ideal to get a second resolution but, that not being fourthcoming he thought the first one was enough to go on.

By: Anon E Mouse

Anon E Mouse — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:48:23 +0000

The decision to go to war was taken by the House of Commons.

No other jurisdiction has a veto on that decision so the war – illegal, no – undesirable, yes. People saying Blair is a war criminal need to get a life.

These MSP’s should grow up and find something useful to do. Perhaps they could free Britain’s biggest ever terrorist mass murderer to Libya on the pretence he only has 90 days to live…