You have also got some on the left who are campaigning against Saddam Hussein over his abuse of the Kurds," he said.Mr Robertson dismissed claims that the chiefs of defence staff were questioning the war as "disgraceful and irresponsible" at such a sensitive time. Such a resolution would never be supported by the United Nations Security Council, he said."I am going to vote against it, and I think a number might go home or abstain," he said.Ken Livingstone, the MP for Brent East, said he did not believe the number voting against would be as high as the 35 who opposed the last Gulf war in 1990."People are appalled about what we did to single parents, but it's very difficult for people to get worked up about Saddam Hussein to the same degree. Many MPs who had not yet spoken against the moves faced a dilemma because their constituencies opposed a war against President Saddam, he added."They have been getting letters from key party workers who sweated their guts out for them during the general election. Tam Dalyell, member for Linlithgow, said rumours were circulating that there could be disciplinary action against the rebels."If they stay away and don't show up they will have no chance of being made parliamentary private secretaries or junior ministers. George Galloway, member for Glasgow Kelvin, said in a GMTV interview that he expected the figure to be between 20 and 30. "But the key thing to watch out for is the number of members who are not in the lobby who found one reason or another not to be there voting for the war," he said.
They will have the evil eye against them, a black mark," he said. The Legion said the fortress should be preserved as a memorial to the 1,500 prisoners it once housed and, although ruling out a direct donation, said it would not seek to stop anyone making one.. The Government is facing a revolt by MPs in the Commons tomorrow over its support for military action against Iraq. Although the size of the protest was unclear last night, some left-wingers suggested as many as 100 members might stay away rather than vote in favour of an Anglo- US strike against President Saddam Hussein.
At least half a dozen Labour MPs will vote against the Government. THE Royal British Legion is backing calls from Germany for help to save Colditz, the notorious castle once used to imprison some of its members. Local mayor Manfred Heinz wants pounds 30m to revamp the crumbling jail from which more than 30 Allied officers successfully escaped between 1941 and 1945 and he is calling on British investors to help. The slab landed on the vehicle's roof, narrowly missing the driver.
