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>>Gera.co.uk/rav>> Welcome! This is the old gera.co.uk/rav,
containing all content up to when I went to the Site of the Month:
I'm going to be without internet access for a while, so apologies if there's no updates for some time. Have a look at the messages, archive, links, and photos. # Having been suspended
from the party last week, George Galloway's position will be discussed by the
Labour Party National Executive Committee in June.
It's crucial to influence the right people on the NEC to secure The Labour
Party For a guide to what to say, see my
letter. # Following the allegations in the Daily Telegraph this week, it
looks increasingly likely the Labour Party will
move to not only remove the whip from George Galloway, but to expel him from
the party altogether. The allegations are being contested in the courts, and
any action by Labour in response to them would be
improper, so Well, that was the war
that was... with the fall of Tikrit this week, the
second Gulf War seems to be all over bar the shouting, but the real disputes
may be just beginning. The arguments over the rights and wrongs of the war
will continue, I dare say, for years. Although there's no question the Iraqis
are happy to be free of Saddam's rule, the absence of UN backing still
renders the war illegal and, in terms of international relations, highly
irresponsible. The precedent set by a pre-emptive war, with the Furthermore, the level
of civilian casualties sustained - while far fewer than I feared - still
proves the "bloodless war" touted by the Pentagon to be a myth, at
least for now. This must surely discredit any new concept of a
"humanitarian war." Furthermore, the rapid descent of much of The solution, I
believe, lies in a quick transition now from a In the short term,
pressure must be brought ot bear on the Finally, two Labour backbenchers, George Galloway and the Father of
the House, Tam Dalyell, face losing the whip in the
next few weeks over their (admittedly confrontational) opposition to war.
This contradicts Blair's assurances of an atmosphere of openness regarding
the issue, and is a classic sop to the right-wing press, who have portrayed That's all for now! #
So it's war, then. In the end, without a UN resolution. Blair's "nightmare scenario." Yet every paper I read tells me the public are swinging behind the war. Hmm. I must admit, the evidence so far does suggest that the military are making good on their promise to minimise civilian casualties. This raises the possibility that the "humanitarian war," which I've always been very suspicious of, could become a standard part of international policy. The problem is, of course, that minimising the casualties of combat means nothing if the necessary steps aren't taken to rebuild, to prevent famine and disease, and to establish new institutions after war is finished. I urge everyone who believes war - no matter how precise - should be a last resort taken only by a united international community, to continue working to oppose our troop's involvement in this. See http://www.stopwar.org.uk/ for more details. However, it does seem that the emphasis of things is moving towards after the battles are over, when the real campaigning work might well begin. For a remarkable
insight into life in the midst of "liberation," see Salam Pax's blog,
Dear Raed. On a lighter note,
there's a great 20 minutes entertainment at www.karn.nu/spacerunner.html.
You'll need Flash. I told you a few weeks
ago about TurboNote,
an excellent sticky notes programme,. For those of you wanting to navigate more complex
information, try Acute Notes. The
free version is only a 30-day trial, but you can unlock it free if you invite
a friend, so let me know if you install
it! Finally, in my eternal
quest for cyber-improvement, we've brought back the Guestbook, which
applies to the whole of gera.co.uk. Sign Up! I'm dying to know if anyone
reads this. You can also see some entries from our Old Guestbook. Well, that's all for now. Back to BBC News 24. Let's be careful out
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