1. The Laws prohibiting war were then as they are now. Nothing has changed.
2. The senior Lawyer at the Foreign Office, Elizabeth Wilmshurst quit her role just before the war.
She had been at the Foreign Office since 1974.
She stood down from a career that spanned 30 years.
She was 100% clear that the invasion was a War of Aggression, the supreme war crime, in that it contains all other war crimes.
Her letter of resignation made this clear.
"I cannot in conscience go along with advice - within the Office or to the public or Parliament - which asserts the legitimacy of military action without such a resolution, particularly since an unlawful use of force on such a scale amounts to the crime of aggression; nor can I agree with such action in circumstances which are so detrimental to the international order and the rule of law. "
ALL Cabinet level politicians had access to that advice.
http://www.news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4377605.stm
Claire Short, Robin Cook also resigned. Why?
3. ALL MP's had then, as they have now, a duty of care and of due diligence that is inherent in their roles as MP's, as representatives of their constituencies.
Each and everyone of them had a duty to examine the Laws prohibiting war, and to understand them as they applied at the time.
Failure to do so, along with voting for the War, on such a matter where peoples lives (the troops they were sending, their families) were being put into harms way, and where the outcomes for Iraqi civilians were likely to be horrific, at the expense of the tax payer, was corporate negligence of the highest order, at the very minimum.
They all had plenty of time to exercise due diligence and honour their duty of care.
They chose not to.
Angela Eagle chose not to.
David Cameron chose not to.
Theresa May chose not to.
They are all culpable under the Law, for their inactions as much as their actions.
It is a matter of parliamentary and public record.
They were and are not alone; there are many people in positions of influence in the BBC, Media, Civil Service, Military and Police Command who participated in the rush to war, all of whom had the same duty of care, the same due diligence, given their positions in the system.
4. Jeremy Corbyn is 100% committed to upholding the Law, as is John McDonnell, and as are the vast majority of grass roots electorate.
This is not about personalities, it is about policies, outcomes, accountability and prevention.
We at the grass roots owe it to the dead and living of Iraq, Libya, Yemen and Syria to hold our Government to account for their many crimes, committed using our taxes, using monies borrowed with our future taxes as collateral......
That is the threat the Establishment want to neutralise.
And they will fail. They are failing.
5. Hold steady.
Stay strong.
Stand for justice, truth, honesty and a fair Society.
Kindest regards
Corneilius
"Do what you love, it's Your Gift to Universe"
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2. The senior Lawyer at the Foreign Office, Elizabeth Wilmshurst quit her role just before the war.
She had been at the Foreign Office since 1974.
She stood down from a career that spanned 30 years.
She was 100% clear that the invasion was a War of Aggression, the supreme war crime, in that it contains all other war crimes.
Her letter of resignation made this clear.
"I cannot in conscience go along with advice - within the Office or to the public or Parliament - which asserts the legitimacy of military action without such a resolution, particularly since an unlawful use of force on such a scale amounts to the crime of aggression; nor can I agree with such action in circumstances which are so detrimental to the international order and the rule of law. "
ALL Cabinet level politicians had access to that advice.
http://www.news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4377605.stm
Claire Short, Robin Cook also resigned. Why?
3. ALL MP's had then, as they have now, a duty of care and of due diligence that is inherent in their roles as MP's, as representatives of their constituencies.
Each and everyone of them had a duty to examine the Laws prohibiting war, and to understand them as they applied at the time.
Failure to do so, along with voting for the War, on such a matter where peoples lives (the troops they were sending, their families) were being put into harms way, and where the outcomes for Iraqi civilians were likely to be horrific, at the expense of the tax payer, was corporate negligence of the highest order, at the very minimum.
They all had plenty of time to exercise due diligence and honour their duty of care.
They chose not to.
Angela Eagle chose not to.
David Cameron chose not to.
Theresa May chose not to.
They are all culpable under the Law, for their inactions as much as their actions.
It is a matter of parliamentary and public record.
They were and are not alone; there are many people in positions of influence in the BBC, Media, Civil Service, Military and Police Command who participated in the rush to war, all of whom had the same duty of care, the same due diligence, given their positions in the system.
4. Jeremy Corbyn is 100% committed to upholding the Law, as is John McDonnell, and as are the vast majority of grass roots electorate.
This is not about personalities, it is about policies, outcomes, accountability and prevention.
We at the grass roots owe it to the dead and living of Iraq, Libya, Yemen and Syria to hold our Government to account for their many crimes, committed using our taxes, using monies borrowed with our future taxes as collateral......
That is the threat the Establishment want to neutralise.
And they will fail. They are failing.
5. Hold steady.
Stay strong.
Stand for justice, truth, honesty and a fair Society.
Kindest regards
Corneilius
"Do what you love, it's Your Gift to Universe"
*If you like this post, if you found the themes resonant, if you agree in part, would you be kind enough to let others know about it? I would really appreciate that. You could drop a comment too, if you felt the urge. Or not. I will moderate contributions, and block any that are abusive. For obvious reasons. Thank you for reading.
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