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In reply to the discussion: With just one word, Labour MPs reveal utter contempt for Corbyn supporters [View all]RogueTrooper
(4,665 posts)I was a moderator in GD before, during and after 'though. It was a terrible time. Accounts had been created (months in advance - many of them came with substantial donations to DU at a time when the finances were dodgy) to support the war on DU. Accounts had been created individuly tailored for the moderators so that the moderators would go easy on them (I know this sounds like a consipiracy theory but there were ha! gotcha! mails sent informing us of their actions after Bush declared victory). Mine was, ironically for this conversation, called "BlairFan".
Technically the was was not illegal as it had a UN sanction. It was profoundly immoral and the way in which consent was manufactured was disgusting. Whether it be the briefings Tory MPs were getting from the Republicans to use in the HoC, the financial threats the US made against the UK; or the lies the UK government told.
Until the Iraq War I was a "BlairFan" but never afterwards. That is not to say that I am not a Progressnik.