Lawyers say PM could be impeached over Iraq

[emad]

Richard Norton-Taylor
Thursday September 23, 2004
The Guardian

Parliament has the power to impeach Tony Blair over his decision to invade Iraq, lawyers acting for an all-party campaign to use the ancient right say today. "Impeachment is appropriate where there is no other means of calling a person to account, either legally or politically, for some serious wrong", according to lawyers from Matrix chambers, the firm of which the prime minister's wife, Cherie Booth, is a member.

Impeachment was last used against Lord Palmerston more than 150 years ago, but has since fallen by the wayside on the assumption that the will of the nation is expressed through parliament, and MPs hold ministers to account.

But Rabinder Singh QC and Conor Gearty say Mr Blair has a case to answer based on an alleged serious breach of constitutional propriety.

The charge they lay against the prime minister is: "Misleading parliament as to the basis for military action against Iraq so as to obtain from that body (and its individual members) support for the conflict which would not necessarily have been forthcoming, in contravention of the fundamental constitutional principle of ministerial accountability to parliament."
More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1310522,00.html

Poodle ready to have his balls chopped?

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. We do need poocle to be impeached

end of discusion

That may force stupid muricans to pay attetnioom for a second before
going back to survivor, Blair just got expelled from the Island, yes that's it

[truebrit71]

2. Excellent news!!!!

Bye-bye poodle!!!

[shraby]

3. If Blair can be impeached,

why can't Bush? They both used the same info to take their countries to war.

[emad]

4. Impeachment too good for Junior? Treason charges more

fitting for collusion with Saudis in mass deception of the US electorate and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Becuase thje Democrats DO NOT control

the House and DeLay will NEVER allow the bill to leave teh committee

Raad on the House Floor, maybe, but leave committe? ARE YOU NUTS?

[emad]

6. Some of Junior's dirtiest secrets are due for an airing in the UK,

viz how the UK and US security/intelligence services colluded to cover up his personal role in BCCI during the 1980s (BCCI UK class action, started January 2004) as well as his role in the murder of "God's Banker" Roberto Calvi, CEO of Banco Ambrosiano (Rome murder trial started this April, adjourned after City of London police found 70 boxes of previously unseen evidence regarding money laundering during 1974-1982, extortion, racketeering, corruption, suborning of jurors, etc - with links to Junior's role).

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Remember Kerry EXPOSED BCCI

in the 1980s, coudl there be a connection? NAH

[The Stranger]

7. They huff and they puff,

but they can't seem to blow the house down, over and over and over and over and over and over again. We've heard this so many times since the Iraq war crimes, yet time and again, and again, and again, and again, they end up failing even to touch Tony Blair.

[arwalden]

8. Good! Do It!! -- This Will Be An Indictment Of Our Great Leader As Well.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Only if you get stupid Muricians to cnnect the dots

the RIGNT WING PRESS will never allow such dot connecting to occur

[arwalden]

12. True!! Only The Intelligent People Will Figure It Out...

... and connect the dots on their own... and THOSE folks are voting for Kerry anyway. The rest will have to be led by the hand to figure out what's what.

[Mrs_Beastman]

11. hopefully it will happen, and be a wake up call to chimpy

and his neo-con supporters

[Moderator]

13. dupe

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