Haringey Councillor Joins March Against War

4.43.00pm GMT Tue 27th Sep 2005

Lib Dem councillor for Highgate, Bob Hare joined other residents from Haringey and thousands from all over the country in central London on Saturday for the latest anti-war protest march.

The march, organised by the Stop The War Coalition, began near Parliament and took protesters along Whitehall and into Piccadilly before reaching Hyde Park for a rally.

It came just days after the Lib Dems claimed that Tony Blair's 'blind support for George Bush was costing lives and called for the government to 'establish a coherent exit strategy' leading to the eventual withdrawal from Iraq.

Cllr Bob Hare paid tribute to the dedication of the anti-war protestors and vowed to continue to support the movement until the occupation was over.

Cllr Hare comments: "We went to war on a falsehood, and have produced a situation of desperate insecurity and unrelenting violence. The human and financial costs of the conflict have been enormous.

"We have a moral obligation to the Iraq people to leave a stable and democratic country, but we should have a coherent exit strategy which sets out the criteria and milestones for the withdrawal of British troops by the end of 2005, as security conditions allow."