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Green party leader calls on Ed Miliband to apologise for Iraq war Green party leader calls on Ed Miliband to apologise for Iraq war
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The Green party's leader has called for Ed Miliband to apologise on behalf of Labour for taking Britain into the Iraq war 10 years ago.The Green party's leader has called for Ed Miliband to apologise on behalf of Labour for taking Britain into the Iraq war 10 years ago.
Speaking to the party in Nottingham on Friday, at the conference which marks its 40th anniversary, Natalie Bennett said: "It is a little more than 10 years since the two-million-strong anti-war protest took to the streets of London, and a little less since Labour utterly ignored the views of millions and started the Iraq war.Speaking to the party in Nottingham on Friday, at the conference which marks its 40th anniversary, Natalie Bennett said: "It is a little more than 10 years since the two-million-strong anti-war protest took to the streets of London, and a little less since Labour utterly ignored the views of millions and started the Iraq war.
"Fifty-five per cent of Britons agree that the London marchers were right because the war was delivered on false pretences and delivered little other than bloodshed. But the Iraqi people are still struggling and dying. Yet Ed Miliband, who has apologised for the Blair government's immigration policy, has failed to say sorry for the decision to take Britain into an unjustified war," she said."Fifty-five per cent of Britons agree that the London marchers were right because the war was delivered on false pretences and delivered little other than bloodshed. But the Iraqi people are still struggling and dying. Yet Ed Miliband, who has apologised for the Blair government's immigration policy, has failed to say sorry for the decision to take Britain into an unjustified war," she said.
It was Bennett's second speech since she was elected leader in September 2012, succeeding Caroline Lucas, who became the Greens' first ever MP by winning the Brighton Pavilion seat at the 2010 general election.It was Bennett's second speech since she was elected leader in September 2012, succeeding Caroline Lucas, who became the Greens' first ever MP by winning the Brighton Pavilion seat at the 2010 general election.
Speaking in the main hall of the East Midlands Conference Centre, she also focused on the alternatives the Green party is offering to combat Britain's social, environmental and economic crisis.Speaking in the main hall of the East Midlands Conference Centre, she also focused on the alternatives the Green party is offering to combat Britain's social, environmental and economic crisis.
She said: "Our first Green council, in Brighton, has faced the pressures of savage funding cuts from national government, but its achievements include introducing a living wage for all council staff and reducing the ratio between highest and lowest paid workers to 10:1, rolling out a city-wide 20mph speed limit, protected eligibility criteria for social care, kept all branch libraries and children's centres open and protected funding for the third sector."She said: "Our first Green council, in Brighton, has faced the pressures of savage funding cuts from national government, but its achievements include introducing a living wage for all council staff and reducing the ratio between highest and lowest paid workers to 10:1, rolling out a city-wide 20mph speed limit, protected eligibility criteria for social care, kept all branch libraries and children's centres open and protected funding for the third sector."
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