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Blair Impeachment Justice The assembly of a legal case for impeaching the PM is as credible as the incredulity expressed by establishment figures is predictable. If the Parliamentary Privileges Committee ruled in 1999 that the power of impeachment "may be obsolete", that only betrays the contempt with which parliamentary scrutiny was held then and still is. Perhaps this committee itself is obsolete? Moreover, that twelve MP's have to resort to an ancient parliamentary procedure last used 156 years ago only demonstrates how rarely has a Prime Minister lost the confidence of his country. No, should the PM face trial in this country let him instead reflect upon the plight of 'illegal combatants', whose fair trials he has been complicit in depriving access to. And should interpretation of current statute conspire against the bold initiative of these MPs, perhaps, in the words of the PM, "the law needs changing". Dr
Shahrar Ali |
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Letter published in the Evening Standard 31 August 2004. |