Blair facing renewed calls to quit now
Afp, Manchester
Tony Blair, at his last annual conference as Labour Party leader, faces Saturday fresh calls to withdraw British troops from Iraq in demonstrations that include one on his own doorstep. A "peace camp" has been set up a stone's throw from his hotel in Manchester by families of British soldiers who have been killed, while a protest -- reportedly involving 25,000 people -- is planned for Saturday. "We're expecting it (the protest) to be enormous," said David Wilson, from organisers the Stop the War Coalition, who were behind the February 2003 march that saw an estimated 750,000 people take to the streets of London.
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Thousands of anti-war supporters take part in a demonstration in Manchester, north-west England, yesterday protesting government policies in the Middle East and against nuclear weapons as Labour leader Tony Blair arrives in the city for his final Labour Party conference. PHOTO: AFP |
