MP Robin Cook resigned from the Blair cabinet, giving up his role as Leader of the House of Commons due to his opposition of the government decision to go to war against Iraq.

WASHINGTON — The firebrand British member of Parliament who has been accused of accepting oil vouchers as part of the Oil-for-Food scandal told U.S. lawmakers Tuesday he did nothing wrong and accused the United States of diverting attention from their own crimes in Iraq by implicating him.
George Galloway said he met Saddam Hussein “as many times as [Defense Secretary] Donald Rumsfeld met him. The difference is Donald Rumsfeld met him to sell him guns and give him maps.
“I met [Saddam] to try and persuade him to allow U.N. …

Ward Churchill (Keetoowah Band Cherokee) is one of the most outspoken of Native American activists. In his lectures and numerous published works, he explores the themes of genocide in the Americas, historical and legal (re)interpretation of conquest and colonization, literary and cinematic criticism, and indigenist alternatives to the status quo. Churchill is a Professor of Ethnic Studies and Coordinator of American Indian Studies. He is also a past national spokesperson for the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. His books include Agents of Repression, Fantasies of the Master Race, From a Native …

Robin Cook, former UK foreign secretary and leader of the House of Commons, made a personal statement in parliament following his resignation on Monday.
On Tuesday night Cook won an unprecedented standing ovation after he called on MPs to reject Blair’s call for the use of “any means necessary” to disarm Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
The following is the full text of his speech: