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Tony Blair comes to Inverness Feb 28

trained_chimp | 07.02.2004 15:32

On 28th February Tony Blair will address the Scottish Labour Conference in Inverness

Demonstrate & March Saturday 28th February 2004
Assemble 1p.m. in the Bught Park, Inverness

One year on from the largest anti-war demonstration in history,
it’s time to count the cost of Blair’s war:

Over 20,000 lives lost and over 30,000 people injured
£6.3billion squandered while basic services at home suffer
Instability, fear and violence across the world
Abuses of basic human rights at home and abroad

Don’t wait for history to judge Blair.
Come to Inverness and let your voice be heard.

Speakers include:
Rob Gibson MSP, Eleanor Scott MSP, Tommy Sheridan MSP,
Elaine Smith MSP

trained_chimp


Comments

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Cheeky git

08.02.2004 01:24

Thats my bloody home town, don't get it, just leave then got to back, Tony causing me strife. If you're planning on going don't forget your ned repelant. Only kidding. Don't make a mess my folks are still there. If anyone going from edinburgh can i hitch a ride :)

Thomas D
mail e-mail: tomstardeacon@hotmail.com


Transport details

08.02.2004 18:04

Feb 28 Inverness demo'
Transport and local contact details:

Dundee
Edith Constable  Edith@Milner12.Freeserve.co.uk

Edinburgh
Coaches leave Waterloo Place, Edinburgh 9:00am; tickets £12/£6 still available
To reserve a ticket e-mail  pat@pjs.abelgratis.co.uk or phone 07740 866938


Falkirk
Cate Mowatt  catemowat@amserve.com

Glasgow
Bus leaves George Square 9 am return by 5 pm. Tickets £12 (concessions £8).
Contact and bus bookings:
Scottish CND 0141 423 1222. Email  scnd@banthebomb.org
Tickets for the bus from Glasgow can also be booked online

Highlands and Inverness
Contact: Highland Coalition for Justice not War:
Gerry & Jim 01309 676926
David & Judith 01349 861144
email:  highlandjnw@btinternet.com
website: www.highlandjnw.org.uk


Stirling
There will be a bus from Stirling.
Contact: Stirling Coalition for Justice not War: Margaret Stewart 01786 474450  framstewart@hotmail.com

Phill
mail e-mail: scnd@banthebomb.org
- Homepage: http://www.banthebomb.org


hey

09.02.2004 14:38

are there any buses going through aberdeen? or any leaving from aberdeen?
me and a few mates need transport really.

mebbe some of you kind scnd fellows can come through aberdeen on your buses?
cos there are gonna be at least 10 people from here i know of.

thanks mucho!

trained_chimp


More transport details

13.02.2004 15:29

For Aberdeen

A bus from Aberdeen in being arranged.
To book a place contact Neil  campaigns@talk21.com

Make sure to check cnd's website under events...more transport details are being posted there...

Don't just let us kind cnd fellows organise everything for you. Either DIY or how about becoming a nice cuddly cnd'er yourself. (It only costs £10 a year if you're unwaged) Join us at www.banthebomb.org/menu/join.shtml

Phill
mail e-mail: scnd@banthebomb.org
- Homepage: http://www.banthebomb.org


Shame on Higland Council

18.02.2004 01:05

I have just read in the papers that Highland Council intends to seriously damage freedom of speech.

They are planning to charge Scottish Coalition for Justice Not War several 100s of pounds for "road closure".

I think this is silly, stupid & ridiculous & it shows that Highland Council are equally paranoid as Tony Blair.

Just the idea is a shame; it is an insult, and it is absolutely disgusting.

Highland Council are seriously damaging democracy & the international image of Scotland.

Complain on their website !

peter
mail e-mail: peter@axiso-fevil.com
- Homepage: http://www.axiso-fevil.com


COUNCIL DROP PLANS TO CHARGE FOR PROTEST

21.02.2004 20:15

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM SCOTTISH COALITION FOR JUSTICE NOT WAR
Protest at Labour Conference Inverness 28 February
The Highland Coalition for Justice not War along with their parent body the Scottish Coalition are organising a march and rally outside the Scottish Labour Conference which is taking place in Inverness on Saturday 28 February.

Isobel Lindsay, chair of the Scottish Coalition for Justice not War said:
"Those of us who opposed the war from the start accept that it is not enough to be proved right. The British government must be called to account, not only for the lies which made it possible, but for the actual outcomes. In particular they are responsible for the deaths of up to 20,000 people, including around 8,000 innocent civilians. If the people of Scotland, if elected representatives, if members of the Scottish Labour party let them away with this, then we will be complicit."

Highland Council had proposed imposing a charge on the organisers. HOWEVER THIS HAS NOW BEEN WITHDRAWN

Isobel Lindsay added:
"We are glad that Highland Council has decided not to charge for road closures."

Peace activists from across Scotland will assemble in Bught Park, Inverness at 1 pm, then march past the Conference Centre at Eden Court and through the city centre. They will then return to Bught Park for a rally at 3 pm.
Speakers at the rally will include Elaine Smith MSP (Labour), Rob Gibson MSP (SNP), Eleanor Scott MSP (Greens) and an MSP from the Scottish Socialist Party.

The recent news that the Government will drop the case against GCHQ whistleblower Katherine Gun is just one more sign that they are still frantically trying to cover their tracks over the lies that supported the war. Ms Gun had exposed the bugging of the UN by US intelligence.

Scottish CND 0141 423 1222  scnd@banthebomb.org

Further information is on our website at: wwww.banthebomb.org/events/280204.shtml

Phill
mail e-mail: scn@banthebomb.org


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