Tory MP calls for Brian Haw memorial
By Tony Grew - 24th June 2011
15 MPs have signed an EDM that calls for "a fitting permanent memorial to be established in Parliament" to campaigner Brian Haw.
Haw, who died last week from cancer at the age of 62, had staged a continuous demonstration outside Parliament against the wars in Iraqand Afghanistan since 2001.
James Gray, Tory MP for North Wiltshire, has signed the EDM alongside Labour figures Dennis Skinner, Glenda Jackson, Jeremy Corbyn and Paul Flynn.
Green MP Caroline Lucas, the SDLP's Mark Durkan, Lib Dem John Leech and Plaid MP Johnathan Edwards have also signed the motion.
It says Haw "resisted all legal and political challenges" to his protest.
The EDM "supports the principles behind the protest camp and regards its existence as a formidable example of the possibilities for peaceful dissent at a time when civil liberties are being eroded and military power is being employed over negotiated peace".
It also notes "Haw's relentless discipline in ensuring that he be seen by hon. Members going about their business every day as a constant reminder of the consequences of their decisions for the lives of thousands of innocent people and subsequent generations".
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Gray also signed this EDM http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2010-11/1946 that reads:
'That this House notes the endurance of Brian Haw; remembers too the dedication of Lieutenant-Commander Bill Boaks who, before his death 25 years ago, dedicated his life to road casualty reduction; furthernotes the range of views on Brian Haw's cause and his methods; believes it could be appropriate for a memorial service in Westminster to mark his passing; and also hopes that to mark his life the unsightly camp of hangers-on in Parliament Square ends and a plaque be set in the pavement.'
Thom
27th Jun 2011 at 9:29 am
Idiots.
Disappointed but not surprised to see Gray's name attached. He needs a good kicking by the electorate and replacing with a real Conservative.
GeoffM
24th Jun 2011 at 8:16 pm
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