Lynne Featherstone

Lib Dem Parliamentary spokesperson, Lynne Featherstone joined party leader Charles Kennedy and other prominent Lib Dems on the peace march in central London on Saturday. The march was also joined by local celebrity Andy Kershaw of Crouch End

Ms Featherstone says that people in Haringey support the Lib Dem approach of giving peace a chance, and that the case for war against war has not been made. She says that the present climate is damaging to community cohesion in a diverse borough such as Haringey, and wants the Government to pursue every avenue at the United Nations, and to give the UN weapons inspectors more time to do their job.

Lynne Featherstone comments:

“The huge number of people demonstrating on Saturday, including large numbers from Haringey, should send an unequivocal message to the Government that we must to give peace a chance.

“People from all parties and all walks of life were present. We know in Haringey from our own experience that the threat of international terror is real. That will not be solved by an attack on Iraq without UN approval. We must show the government and Tony Blair that we do not accept the inevitability of this war.”