An outburst that shows Labour's true feelings towards America

[cal04]

John Prescott's use of the C-word about the Bush administration will remind Tony Blair that before he headed for the beach, he faced a cabinet revolt over his support for George Bush on the Middle East.

The uneasy ceasefire in the Lebanon bought him a breathing space, but he will return to a party still seething with anger at the way he has allowed Britain to be seen as "Bush's poodle".

Jack Straw, the former foreign secretary, led the doubters in the Cabinet but his concerns were echoed by loyalists such as David Miliband and later by Hilary Benn, the International Development Secretary.

Minister after minister is said to have urged Mr Blair to break with the Bush administration at his summit with President Bush in the White House and publicly criticise the scale of the Israeli bombing. Mr Blair is reported to have told allies that he did not need convincing about the concern among the Muslim communities in Britain but he felt it imperative to use his close relationship with the President to push for the revival of the Middle East road map.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1219717.ece

[yurbud]

1. Why do only foreign elected officials voice our opinion?

[april]

2. that sums it up /my feelings as well we should all send him a thank u!

[Warpy]

3. They didn't say what the "C word" was

"CHAOS?"

"CATASTROPHE?"

[loves_dulcinea]

4. the man said that "bush is crap".

[Warpy]

5. What a letdown

I like my "C words" better.