Keys Calls on Blair to Resign and Tories and
Liberal Democrats to Pull Candidates Out in Sedgefield
KEYS FOR SEDGEFIELD CAMPAIGN
Wednesday
27/04/05
http://www.keysforsedgefield.org.uk/
PRESS
INFORMATION - BREAKING NEWS
Keys Calls on Blair to Resign and Tories and
Liberal Democrats to Pull Candidates Out in Sedgefield
Reg Keys,
independent candidate in Sedgefield, tonight called on Tony Blair to resign as
PM and on the leaders of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties to pull
their candidates from the race in Sedgefield.
He said:
'The gap
between the Attorney General's advice of 7 March 2003, as we now understand it,
and the 'summary' of 17 March on which both Cabinet and Parliament agreed to go
to war is now politically unbridgeable. I can envisage no explanation which
would satisfy those who voted for the war on the assurances of the AG's
'summary'.
'I therefore feel that Tony Blair has no choice but to resign
as Prime Minister. I call on him to do so, and I call on Michael Howard and
Charles Kennedy to withdraw their candidates in Sedgefield so that I can face
Blair alone on May 5th.
'Michael Howard and the voters of Sedgefield now
have an unprecedented opportunity to call Blair to account with the simple
remedy of the ballot box. If Howard believes Blair to have lied over the war
then I implore him to take this opportunity seriously. He is no longer obliged
to be bound by the convention whereby one party leader does not expose another
by withdrawing their candidate. He himself says Blair has lied, and this is his
opportunity to show that he is serious and to expose him to the test of the
ballot box.
'My plea extends to Charles Kennedy despite his party's
opposition to the war. Our canvass results show clearly that Sedgefield has
already become a two-horse race with myself and Blair running neck and neck
amongst declared voters.'
Martin Bell, former Independent MP for Tatton
and the original 'white suit candidate', said tonight:
'The extraordinary
situation has arisen whereby the Prime Minister is facing a crisis of confidence
of unprecedented proportions at the same time as he is facing re-election as a
member of Parliament. And even more extraordinary is that standing against him
the best qualified opponent he has ever faced, who for the first time has turned
a general election in Sedgefield from a procession into a real contest of
national and international significance. A political miracle is within
reach.'
Reg Keys and Martin Bell will be available for interview tomorrow
morning Thursday 28 April from 10.00 to 10.30 at the headquarters of the Keys
for Sedgefield Campaign - see www.keysforsedgefield.org.uk
NB:
Reg Keys, Rose Gentle, John Miller and likely other bereaved families are
seeking legal advice with a view to prosecution of the Prime Minister for the
deaths of their relatives. More details tomorrow
morning.
ENDS
Contact
Jane Mayes
07748 640 183
by
Jane Mayes
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Delyn Democracy:
The Political Watchdog
www.delyndemocracy.blogspot.com
