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PRESS RELEASE
Lobby of Parliament: Tuesday 21 January 2.30pm
MPs to be told 'No war on Iraq!'
For immediate release:20 January 2003
Hundreds of people from all over Britain will go to Parliament to talk to their MP and to demand that they oppose war.
The majority of people in Britain think this war is wrong. Even the UN itself has predicted
that over half a million people will die or suffer injury. Many MPs and even Cabinet Ministers are
against war on Iraq. These are the points that will be put clearly to MPs on Tuesday and
lobbyists will demand that they are heeded
Lobby details: 1.45 pm Press call - at St Stephen's Entrance
2.30 onwards: Lobby of MPs
5pm-7pm: Vigil at Parliament Square
7pm-9pm:
Rally in Grand Committee Room
Speakers include: Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Tam
Dalyell MP, Sue Doughty MP, Bianca Jagger, Caroline Lucas MEP, Harold Pinter
and Carol Naughton
Alice Mahon MP, and Chair of the No War on Iraq Liaison Group, said,
"It would be a crime against the people of Iraq to go to war on such flimsy evidence as is
being produced currently. Surely it is better to keep the weapons inspectors in Iraq and
destroy such evidence than to bomb innocent civilians."
Carol Naughton, CND Chair, added, "It is vital that our MPs are held
accountable for their actions. They must listen to the voice of their constituents who
are telling them that we should not go to war. This proposed war is illegal, immoral
and will be a crime against humanity."
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