Following this revelation that the Blair Book party was set for Tate Modern on Wednesday night Ian Bone contacted Andrew Burgin of the STWC about the disgusting sight of Blair and cronies like Mandelson swigging fine champagne as millions have died. Here’s the exchange Andrew has had with Tate Modern. STWC are calling for protests at Tate Modern from 5.30pm and will be walking the galleries beforehand in Blair masks:

Thanks for that Helen,

I see your guidelines say ‘our ability to maintain a strong relationship of trust with our public is critical..’ Yet you see no problem in hosting an event for a man who has been responsible for the deaths of 100,000′s of innocent people. A man who has broken his relationship of trust with the people of this country by lying and taking Britain into an illegal war in Iraq. The fact that you seek to disassociate the Tate from this event by the sleight of hand you use in your letter is dishonorable.
We will hold a protest at the Tate on Wednesday.

yours

Andrew Burgin
Stop the War Coalition

Helen Beeckmans wrote:

Dear Andrew
Further to your call earlier today I can confirm that Tate is not staging a launch for Tony Blair’s new book. Tate’s galleries are available for hire by companies. These events are private and details are confidential.

Please find below the link to our ethic’s policy as requested.
 http://www.tate.org.uk/about/freedomofinformation/ethics-policy.pdf_

Yours Helen