I see that that Tony Blair is not to go on trial for engineering the Iraq war and as I have often said there seems to be a different ruling for Members of Parliament and Joe Public. No wonder persons want to become MP’s, they can escape all many of illegal activities. Sir John Chilcot’s report which came out on Wednesday 6th July 2016 strongly criticises Tony Blair’s involvement. Funny really! Just a slap on the wrist again and our British Soldiers are to take the blame which doesn’t sound right.
We know that there have been atrocities where prisoners of war under the auspices of the Geneva Convention ruling states that anyone captured must be treated decently. Pity it didn’t happen in the last two wars and that the one oriental race didn’t abide by the same rules. I know all about these atrocities and I challenge anyone who tries to state otherwise.
My father was a prisoner of war in Hong Kong for five years – I suppose one would nowadays call it an Expeditionary Force who stayed behind to blow up buildings, machinery that might be useful to the enemy. That is what my father did with many others on that island and they had no hope of being rescued and waited for the enemy to arrive and were made to build the POW camps and were marched to three other sites where the same things happened again. My father spoke about one incident that happened and kept his other secrets to the grave. I had on occasion asked him what went on and he just broke down and cried. I knew then that what had happened to him and others must have been too horrible to repeat.
After many years the British Government gave £10,000 to the widows of those brave soldiers who suffered at the hands of the enemy and to those who hadn’t survived the harshness and cruelty that was dished out for no reason at all. Some of those men and their wives didn’t see the money because the Government waited till most of them had passed away.
TWITTER or TWIT?
Jeremy Corbyn can be found on Twitter – that figures – talk in a light, high pitched voice at length in a trivial way is the true meaning of the word and one can visualise him being a member, especially with his recent farrago with MP Thangam Debbonaire, having appointed her as the Shadow Minister without telling her and while she was undergoing treatment for cancer.
In a statement by Ms Debbonaire, “Mr Corbyn appointed me and press released this without my knowledge or consent whilst I was in the middle of cancer treatment. He then sacked me the next day when he realized he had given away part of someone else’s role. But didn’t bother to tell me that either. By then my office had been besieged by the press and the story was out that I was Shadow Minister. I decided to make the best of it and to serve. I worked on his Arts policy whilst I was still having treatment in Bristol.”
When I went back to Westminster, I discovered that he had sacked me but hadn’t told me and did not have any ideas as to how I was supposed to explain it to Bristol West members or constituents.
Ms Debbonaire, who represents the Bristol West constituency, was diagnosed with breast cancer six weeks after winning the seat in the May 2015 election. She began treatment shortly after and began working part time to balance treatment with constituency duties, before returning to the House of Commons in March of this year.
She said that MP Maria Eagle intervened following her surprise sacking from the front bench and told Mr Corbyn he could reappoint her in order for her to continue in the brief, which she did until resigning following the EU referendum.
After her resignation, she joined 171 other MPs in a non-confidence vote against him.
She added: “The reason I then voted no confidence in him as leader is because I have no confidence in him as leader. See above. Plus I had found out from other front bench women how unwilling and unable Corbyn is to communicate with, listen to or work with anyone outside his narrow group.”
Ms Debbonaire said that she “profoundly wished” that she would not have to discuss the issue publically but had decided that people: “have a right to know the truth about what Corbyn’s leadership is like.”
Tensions are escalating within the Labour party as Angela Eagle and Owen Smith are both mounting leadership challenges. Mr Corbyn has pledged to continue in the role despite opposition from MPs, as he retains support among party members.