Let’s be honest

THE Government’s justification of their position on the war in Iraq is disingenuous, to say the least.

Firstly, they refuse to indicate what their position would be in the absence of a UN resolution authorising war.

Then, when no such resolution is forthcoming, they vote to allow the Shannon stopover to continue, but express “disappointment” at the failure of the members of the Security Council to pass the resolution (obviously, such a such a resolution would have left them off the hook!).