Yet another of Gord’s Gang has deserted, this time it is Eric Joyce, an aide to the Defence Secretary, who has walked out in protest at the way the Prime Minister was handling the war in Afghanistan.
The key points of his letter can be found HERE
Mr. Joyce, a former army major who was parliamentary private secretary to Bob Ainsworth, the Defence Secretary, used his resignation letter to direct a series of damning accusations against the Prime Minister.
He warned Mr. Brown that the public were growing weary of his claim that the war in Afghanistan was being fought to protect Britons from terrorism at home. And yet that is exactly the message Mr. Brown will re-iterate in his speech on Friday.
In his long resignation letter that was handed to Number 10 last night, Mr. Joyce warned that Mr. Brown had to start thinking about an Afghanistan exit strategy.
He told the Prime Minister: “We also need to make it clear that our commitment in Afghanistan is high but time limited. It should be possible now to say that we will move off our present war-footing and reduce our forces there substantially during our next term in government.”
The uncertainty over the legality of the recent presidential elections in Afghanistan also troubles Mr. Joyce.
Last night Peter Kilfoyle, the former Labour minister, backed Mr. Joyce’s move.
So, two thirds of the public are turning against the war in Afghanistan, god knows how many MPs are against it, but Gord fails to listen yet again.
I wonder what the next Government will do.
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