Dear Michael,
You are now a Government Minister.
Whilst I have congratulated you on your appointment, I am still uncertain why you have chosen, at this late stage in the life of New Labour, to align yourself even more fully with Gordon Brown.
I am writing to you today, horrified to have learnt that you, the Government, have decided to hold your Iraq War Inquiry in private.
I hope you will note the words of Rose Gentle, whose son was killed in Iraq.
She has said to the BBC that she will continue to lobby for a public inquiry, and she adds, “We have fought and fought for this but it will be no use and it could all be for nothing behind closed doors.”
I hope you will guarantee to pass every single dissenting letter from your constituents to the Prime Minister on this issue.
I am sending a copy of this, my personal dissent, to our local media, because I am asking as many local people as possible to write to you, demanding that you use your new-found influence to change Gordon Brown’s mind, and hold this inquiry in public.
You, the Government, owe this to the British people.
Yours truly,
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