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This is an amusing piece on the battle on the fringes of the Iraq Sanctions debate. Guardian Diary Matthew Norman Tuesday March 28, 2000 • Sad to report, the relentless rise of Peter Hain is under threat. Until recently, the foreign office minister was lined up to replace Clare "Bomber" Short (poor Bomber's sell-by date is close) both as Mr Tony's preferred tame leftie and as minister for international development. But then Peter mixed it up with that Glaswegian street fighter George Galloway, by frustrating George's plans to take a plane-load of supplies to Iraq. The two exchanged irritable letters in the Guardian before Peter made his big mistake: he wrote to Glasgow's Herald accusing George of telling fibs. Interfering in another MP's home patch is poor form, and George swiftly launched a counter-strike, first undermining the Neath MP's left-wing credentials at home with letters attacking his role over sanctions in all main Welsh papers; and then booking Neath town hall for a public debate on May 8. When Peter said he'd be in Angola, George offered any other date he was free. A hounded-looking Peter now wanders around the Commons complaining. Now Peter, no one likes a whinger, any more than they like a chicken. Do stop clucking, man, and debate the issue. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi