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----- Original Message ----- From: "Webb, Dave [IES]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 1:36 PM Subject: [cndyorks] SUPPORT FOR IRAQ ACTION AT NEW LOW > > > Subject: SUPPORT FOR IRAQ ACTION AT NEW LOW > > > > > > Support for Iraq action at new low of 32% > > > > Alan Travis and Patrick Wintour > > Tuesday October 8, 2002 > > The Guardian > > > > Support for military action against Iraq among British voters has > > fallen to 32%, the lowest level recorded during the five weeks that > > the Guardian/ICM weekly tracker survey has been running. > > > > > > The slight fall will prove a disappointment to Tony Blair who made > > his appeal for support a key part of his conference speech a week > > ago. > > > > > > It comes as a senior cabinet minister warned that a quarter of > > Labour party members will resign if Britain goes to war against Iraq > > alongside the United States without explicit support from the United > > Nations in a fresh resolution. > > > > > > This week's ICM results of the regular tracker question on attitudes > > to war in Iraq show a further rise to 27% in the number of "don't > > knows". > > > > > > This growth in scepticism among the electorate follows the > > negotiations over the past week over weapons inspection and the > > arguments over United States and British demands for a tougher UN > > resolution. It may indicate that a significant section of the > > electorate has been left confused by the arguments and now feels > > unsure about which view to take. > > > > > > At the same time, opposition to military action has dipped over the > > past three weeks from 46% on the third weekend in September to 41% > > now. Most of the movement has been between those who disapprove of > > military action and the "don't knows". > > > > > > The warning from a cabinet minister implies that as many as 70,000 > > party members could tear up their party card. > > > > > > Labour conference organisers were able to prevent a public party > > split last week by ensuring the motion passed by the conference > > could be interpreted in different ways. The international > > development secretary Clare Short said the motion insisted a war > > could only go ahead with explicit UN support. The foreign secretary > > Jack Straw claimed it supported action as a last resort without a > > new UN resolution. > > > > > > > · ICM interviewed a random sample of 1,000 adults by telephone > > between October 4-6. Interviews were conducted across the country > > and the results have been weighted to the profile of all adults. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > The information in this email (and any attachment) may be for the > > intended recipient only. If you know you are not the intended recipient, > > please do not use or disclose the information in any way and please > > delete this email (and any attachment) from your system. > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Sell a Home for Top $ > http://us.click.yahoo.com/RrPZMC/jTmEAA/MVfIAA/YgSolB/TM > ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > Yorkshire CND - campaigning for a nuclear free world. > Contact us at > 22 Edmund Street, Bradford, BD5 0BH > tel: 01274 730795 > fax: 01274 414413 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: www.yorkshirecnd.org.uk > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
