Families of killed British soldiers form party to take on Blair

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LONDON - Families of British soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan announced Saturday they were to form a political party aimed at unseating Prime Minister Tony Blair and his ministers.

Spectre—named with the intention of haunting government members—plans to field candidates at every by-election and upwards of 70 seats at the next general election, due in May 2010 at the latest.

The families hope to pull enough votes away from ministers in Blair’s governing Labour Party to alter the political status quo.

Details of the party were revealed by Reg Keys, whose son was killed in Iraq. He stood against Blair in the prime minister’s constituency at the May 2005 general election and took 10 percent of the vote.

“We all feel we’ve been lied to, ignored and, frankly, insulted,” Keys told the Guardian newspaper.

“But now it’s different. Now we’re going to make ministers pay with their seats.”

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