Posted by Ed
on November 7, 2009, 9:03 pm
Just pulled this up from my email archives. First up my email to Paxo, and then his "reply".
Email to Paxo sent 04 February 2003 19:19
Dear Jeremy Paxman,
Best wishes in your upcoming interview with Blair.
Please take this opportunity to take Blair to task over his stance on Iraq. The government's line on this has been punctuated with inaccuracies and down right lies and it's well after time that Blair was made to expalin why.
The deceit speaks volumes for his weak case to go bomb another country. Blair and Bush's arguments for going to war (with all the tragic consequences to the Iraqi people), are nothing more than an insult to the intelligence.
Please, please don't let him fob the audience off with his pat replies and unsubstantiated claims.
It was only recently for example the two of them were again clacking on about the "aluminium tubes" and saying they were for Iraq's nuclear weapons prog. This is a total fabrication and has been thoroughly discounted by several sources, not least of which is the IAEA. This is the sort of thing that I hope you nail him for. Well, I look forward to the debate with high hopes.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and again my best wishes for the interview.
Yours sincerely,
Ed Murray.
Reply from Paxo sent 04 February 2003 19:26:45
Thanks. I'lll do my best.
JP
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