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01.04.06, 14:43
I don't know whether this was supposed to be an "April Fools" joke or not,
but I'm certainly laughing.
It seriously appears that more people actually have been in favour of
spending their precious tax pounds and dollars on kicking islamicist ass than
have been against, just that the latter group were more vocal about their
feelings - and now it appears they're not even more vocal than the
supporters! No wonder Straw chuckles.
From today's online Torygraph:
tinyurl.com/roaj4
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Straw laughs off anti-war protestors
(Filed: 01/04/2006)
Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, has said he could have arranged a more
impressive anti-war demonstration than the one which greeted Condoleezza Rice
on the final leg of her tour of the North West.
Protestors have followed Miss Rice's visit
Mr Straw and the American secretary of state were in Blackburn today for
meetings with Muslim leaders and local dignitaries.
The pair also visited Blackburn's Roman Catholic Cathedral, but were greeted
with jeers and crowds chanting anti-war slogans at both locations.
Today's protests are the latest in a series of demonstrations that have
blighted Miss Rice's visit to Britain, but Mr Straw said he was unimpressed
at the turnout.
"They said they were going to get busloads and busloads in," he said.
"If they had asked me I could have done better."
Mr Straw insisted that there had actually been more supporters of the visit
on the streets of Blackburn than demonstrators protesting against.
"It does show the strength of positive feeling across the North West and the
affection and support for this visit," he said.
Miss Rice added that she had enjoyed a warm welcome in the region, and backed
the demonstrators' right to protest.
"Democracy is the only system that allows people to be heard and be heard
peacefully," she said.
"When there are more places where people's voices can be heard peacefully,
especially in the Middle East, we are all going to be better off."