Reply #7: Yes, all (even Germany) except Boss of UK Government

[Ghost Dog]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1840979,00.html
Demands for recall of parliament growing
Patrick Wintour, political editor
Thursday August 10, 2006
The Guardian

More than 150 MPs, including a fifth of Labour's parliamentary party, yesterday joined forces with 17 charities, including Oxfam and Amnesty International, to urge the recall of parliament to discuss the crisis in Lebanon.

The move, revealed in the Guardian yesterday, came as Jim Sheridan, the parliamentary private secretary at the Ministry of Defence, resigned in protest at government policy on the Middle East.

Last night Mr Sheridan said: "I think there is a significant amount of colleagues in the party, not just the usual suspects, but there are loyal members of the party and indeed the government ... who genuinely believe we cannot dictate Middle East policy by using excessive force.

"I think we are now in danger of embarking on an extremely dangerous strategy and we have to stop the bombing and killing of people on both sides of this conflict." The recall initiative was backed by almost all Liberal Democrat MPs, including party leader Sir Menzies Campbell. He said that if parliament had not been in recess, the prime minister would have been expected to make a statement on the crisis. Other supporters of the recall include SNP leader Alex Salmond and Plaid Cymru's Elfyn Llywd.

Labour MPs backing the recall include John Denham, chairman of the home affairs select committee, Tony Lloyd, the former foreign office minister, Clare Short, former international development secretary, and, according to some sources, Paddy Tipping, parliamentary aide to the leader of the Commons Jack Straw. Another signatory was Ann Keen, the parliamentary private secretary to Gordon Brown. Mr Tipping could not be contacted last night. But the recall was opposed by the shadow foreign secretary, William Hague.

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