[HT Forum] Britain's new slave trade

[Jocelyn Chappell]

Hi Forum,

In pursuit of Aylesbury Life's 
no-punches-pulled-in-pursuit-of-the-counter-cultural editorial policy I 
am promoting an article by a guy called Symon Hill. Symon is a Quaker 
and doesn't go much on the sale of weapons nor on the conduct of war. I 
can't say I disagree with him. As in any case we live in an era when 
some would say we go to war for questionable reasons and sell arms with 
questionable integrity it does seem only right to give Symon space to 
ask some questions.

The article begins, "Two hundred years after the abolition of the slave 
trade, Britain is again at the forefront of a trade in human lives. Once 
again powerful companies insist that this trade benefits the British 
public. And the government is prepared to put the greed of the wealthy 
ahead of humanity or public interest." The article can be found at: 
http://aylesburylife.org/story/2007/16/arms-trading-britains-new-slave-trade 


If you would like to ask David Lidington MP to sign EDM 595 (perhaps as 
a result of reflecting on the article) you can contact him via: 
http://www.davidlidington.co.uk/onlinesurgery.asp

EDMs are effectively parliamentary petitions. EDM 595, on the "Serious 
Fraud Office Investigation into the Al Yamamah military contract", has 
been tabled by a multi-party group of MPs and calls on the Government to 
reopen the investigation. The full text of EDM 595 can be found at: 
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=32264&SESSION=885

As always I value your feedback. 

Have a good week.

Regards,

Joc

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Jocelyn E. Chappell

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