Just announced on Channel 4 News (09-Mar-03; 20:56) As I half expected in my posting of 8 March, Claire Short -- without doubt the most respected Minister in Blair's government -- has now made her decision:
<<<< Short says she will quit over Iraq The International Development Secretary Clare Short has said she will resign from the Cabinet if Britain goes to war with Iraq without a second UN resolution. Her resignation would make her the first senior member of Tony Blair's government to step down over the issue. Earlier, Prime Minister Tony Blair suffered the first Government resignation over the Iraqi crisis. Loughborough MP Andrew Reed confirmed he is standing down as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett. His decision to quit comes after warnings that Mr Blair could face a whole wave of Government resignations if he commits British troops to a war on Iraq without UN backing. Military action could result in the rebellion of up to 200 MPs and the resignation of as many as ten members of Mr Blair's Government, according to a straw poll in Westminster. >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Keith Hudson, General Editor, Handlo Music, http://www.handlo.com 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX, England Tel: +44 1225 312622; Fax: +44 1225 447727; mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
