SSP Research, Policy & Media Unit
Press Release: 18/11/03

The Scottish Socialist Party today lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament calling for Tony Blair and George Bush to be placed on trial for war crimes.
The uncompromising resolution, lodged for debate on Thursday morning during SSP Scottish Parliament Business, will coincide with the massive protests planned around the country against the state visit of George Bush.
Tommy Sheridan said;
"We appeal to those citizens to take to the streets again to display their complete disgust that a war criminal will be walking along a blood-soaked red carpet laid by Mr Blair, his partner in war crimes."

Scottish Socialist Party motion to the Scottish Parliament
S2M-00618 Tommy Sheridan (Glasgow) (SSP): That the Parliament opposes the state visit to the UK by George W Bush; deplores the complicity and subservience of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, who now shares the responsibility for the deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqis and dozens of British service personnel; considers that the UK Parliament and the Scottish Parliament were deceived into backing an illegal, immoral and unjustified war; believes that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have turned the world into a more dangerous and unstable place than ever before; agrees to send messages of support to the many thousands of protestors participating in the "Stop Bush" UK national demonstrations in London, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and recommends that the International Court of Justice should place George W Bush and Tony Blair on trial for war crimes.