LET'S HAVE AN INQUIRY, GORDON

It seems as though my misgivings about Saturday's STWC march may have been justified. According to my friend Miles the numbers were down and the whole thing had an "end of season" feel to it. Shame but I'm not surprised. However, no-one can detract from the fantastic effort which the anti-war movement has put in over the last five years. So let's not forget that.
The problem is we STILL have troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and every day people are dying . So over time - and it's FIVE YEARS now - the motivation for going to such events decerases - even among the most fervent of campaigners.
Today, the papers suggest Gordon Brown is now minded to have an inquiry into the Iraq War. Which is good. The bad news is that his attitude as to when seems to be akin to that of the young St Augustine at the prospect of celibacy ie " not yet."I won der quite how low the opinion polls will have to go before Brown realises he's got to change direction and start distancing himself from Blair - not making a virtue out of Blairism.