They paid and displayed, leaving valid tickets on the windows of a Nissan Micra and a Fiat Bravo in the station car park They boarded the 7.48am to London carrying return tickets. As long as Britain remains in occupation of Iraq the terrorist recruiters will have the argument they seek to attract more susceptible young recruits to their bomb teams. This is a misunderstanding of a catastrophic order."Privately, senior members of the Government have expressed relief that the public has not reacted to the bombing by demanding that the UK pull out of Iraq. That truce has been broken this weekend, with two Labour MPs claiming publicly that the Iraq war and the terrorist attack are linked.But Mr Blair said: "If it is Iraq that motivates [the bombers], why is the same ideology killing Iraqis by terror in defiance of an elected Iraqi government? What was 11 Sept- ember 2001 the reprisal for?"Addressing Labour's National Policy Forum in central London yesterday, Mr Blair insisted that although the ideology behind the bombings was "evil", it was not senseless "It had a purpose It was done according to a plan It was meant," he said. "The extremist propaganda is cleverly aimed at their target audience It plays on our tolerance and good nature. It exploits the tendency to guilt of the developed world, as if it is our behaviour that should change; that if we only tried to work out and act on their grievances, we could lift this evil; that if we changed our behaviour, they would change theirs.
It is based on the premise that teenagers will stay out of trouble if there is plenty for them to do and they are in a position to choose how to fill their time.The new smart cards, based on schemes successfully introduced in London, Wiltshire and parts of Scotland, will provide teenagers with a series of "incentives".. Bombing London was not an act of revenge for the Iraq war but the latest manifestation of an "evil ideology" responsible for a 12-year terror campaign in 26 countries, Tony Blair insisted yesterday. His words reflected a worry among ministers that public opinion will link the London terrorist attacks with the unpopular war in Iraq. The Prime Minister's critics within the Labour Party maintained an informal truce for the first week after the bombings, avoiding reference to the Iraq war out of respect for the victims. Margaret Hodge, who was children's minister until the election in May, is believed to have favoured an emphasis on improving youth services without threatening teenagers with sanctions.The new children's minister, Beverley Hughes, who was forced to resign from the Home Office in 2004 after unintentionally misleading Parliament over visa fraud, was heavily involved in rewriting the paper to bring it into line with Tony Blair's campaign to end anti-social behaviour and instil respect.But a senior government figure insisted that the teenage smart cards were not a junior version of the compulsory ID cards that the Government plans to introduce for every adult.The Green Paper is part of what one insider called the "soft side" of the campaign against anti-social behaviour. (John Reid) the only one with the necessary balls.Or is this ! * diary the one they're really worried about?4 July 2003 (An extract from the Campbell diary was evidence in the Hutton inquiry. The full work is potentially explosive.)Spoke to Hoon, who said that a man had come forward who felt he was possibly Gilligan's source ... GH said his initial instinct was to throw the book at him, but in fact there was a case for trying to get some kind of plea bargain.
He was saying yes to speak to AG, yes he said intel went in late, but he never said the other stuff. It was double-edged but GH and I agreed it would fuck Gilligan.. Teenagers are to be issued with government smart cards that will offer them a range of attractive discounts - but will raise suspicions that they are being given ID cards under another name. The cards will guarantee cut-price admission to public facilities and may even let them buy CDs. High-street stores may be encouraged to offer discounts to young people using the card.
