FORMER LIB DEM LEADER SIR MENZIES (Ming) CAMPBELL CBE MP TO SPEAK AT SOUTH PETHERTON
Sir Menzies Campbell CBE MP, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons, will be the guest speaker at a lunchtime meeting at the David Hall, South Petherton this coming Saturday, February 27th.
Ming Campbell, as he was better known when leader of the Liberal Democrats, will put his considerable experience of foreign affairs to good use in a question and answer session open to the public. The meeting opens at 12.30pm and all are welcome. Light refreshments will be available.
Contact: Cllr Sam Crabb 01935 423 284
Notes for editors:
1) The following is a quote from Sir Ming of January 29th regarding Tony Blair’s then imminent appearance before the Chilcot Inquiry:
“It is clear now what Mr Blair’s line is going to be – there is nothing for which to apologise and military action against Saddam was the right thing to do!
“The only thing wrong with that position is that it ignores the fact that the action was illegal under the UN Charter, that the resolutions of the United Nations did not authorise the use of military force and that the inspectors looking for weapons of mass destruction did not get the chance to finish their job. If they had been allowed to do so then both President Bush and Prime Minister Blair would have known the truth – that there were no such weapons!
“The result of the illegal Iraq war was to cause incalculable instability in the Middle East, to provoke terrorist activity, to damage reputation significantly, and to cause the death of a huge but unknown number of Iraqi citizens
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