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Reluctant Hero
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Sheridan ResignsAt last, a Labour MP with some principles.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4777677.stm
| Quote: | MP resigns post over Middle East
Jim Sheridan is MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North
A Labour MP has quit his defence post in protest at the UK Government's policy on the Middle East.
Jim Sheridan, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, resigned as a parliamentary private secretary to the defence team.
He said: "The reason I am resigning is the current conflict in the Middle East."
The 52-year-old said he believed the Palestinian situation had been put on the back burner.
He added: "I don't expect my resignation will have any significant impact on the prime minister's objectives in the Middle East, which I genuinely believe to be honourable on his part, but I don't believe they reflect the core values of the Labour Party or indeed the country."
In a letter to Tony Blair, he said that the decision to allow US aircraft travelling to Israel to stop off in the UK did not sit comfortably with the International Convention on Human Rights.
Recall parliament
There have been protests after planes carrying "hazardous" cargo refuelled at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire.
Mr Sheridan added that he did not believe that America or the UK were serious about bringing about an early end to the conflict.
His decision to quit came as more than 130 MPs - around half of them Labour - issued a demand for a recall of parliament to discuss the Lebanon crisis.
However, Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells said summoning MPs back to Westminster would do little to affect the situation in the region.
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azzuri
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......bet everyone thought it was another 'Tommy' story. 
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Reluctant Hero
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I know - people wouldn't have read it otherwise 
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SLG
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Haha. I wouldn't give him too much credit. He should also resign from the Labour party if he has such a problem.
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parkhead_rfb
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took long enough eh.
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Blackadder
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What the Labour Party needs is men of the intelligence, stature and conscience like my late freind Robin Cook. Ever since he was a lowly Labour councillor in Edinburgh, he was a man of huge conviction and startlingly intelligent and honest despite his few peccadilloes. (No ... those are not cousins of armadilloes!)
If there had been, they'd've brought this government down by now!
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