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Former MI5 whistleblower speaks out at the"Trial of Tony Blair"
by Chris Edwards
Thursday Mar 25th, 2004 12:31 PM
David Shayler, former MI5 whsitleblower, gives the lowdown on Tony Bliar.

Video clip.
Legal Action Against War (LAAW) speaker
by Chris Edwards
Thursday Mar 25th, 2004 1:31 PM

This is a clip of another speaker that the Trial of Tony Blair that took place in Manchester, UK on 19th march 2004.
Annie Machon, former MI5 officer, blasts Bliar
by Chris Edwards
Thursday Mar 25th, 2004 1:54 PM

Annie Machon, former MI5 officer, praises whsitleblowers...
Wrong date
by Chris Edwards
Friday Mar 26th, 2004 5:44 AM
The date of the "Trial of Tony Blair" took place on 12th March 2004 and not the 19th of March, as was wrongly stated above.
Ghada Razuki Speaks at the Trial of Tony Blair
by Chris Edwards
Friday Mar 26th, 2004 7:16 AM

Ghada Razuki of the Stop the War Coalition speaks at the "Trial of Tony Blair".
can you provide a link to some context info?
by x
Friday Mar 26th, 2004 8:25 PM
just curious...... it would be helpful if you had something you could link to so we could see what this is all about *before* downloading large files that take time and use resources. Help us be educated media consumers. No need to write a large story - just a link would be nice

Thanks for the files!

The Trial of Tony Blair--manchester, UK 12 March 2004
by Chris Edwards
Sunday Mar 28th, 2004 3:18 AM
Sorry, processing and uploading (only 128k upload) video files took so much time that I forgot to add the context.

The "Trial of Tony Blair" was a fringe event at the Labour Party Spring Conference held in Manchester, UK on 12 March 2004--organised by the Stop the War Coaltion. Tony Blair was staying at the plush Midland Hotel less than a hundred yards from the hall where the trial took place. In between was a veritable army of police, armed officers, Tactical Aid Group and Special Branch (the UK's political police). Blair had of course been invited to the meeting to defend himself, but, curiously, declined to attend.

The case for the prosecution was presented by Chris Coverdale of Legal Action Against War (LAAW), former MI5 whistleblower David Shayler and his partner Annie Machon--also a former MI5 officer. Ghada Razuki of the Stop the War Coalition also spoke.

They were followed by 40 witnesses from the floor who were given 1 minute each to speak.

The meeting was presided over by a judge in full regalia including a superb wig. Two grinning statues of Blair also adorned the platform.

The jury--the people at the event--voted Blair gulity. The verdict was unanimous.