Email the Poodle.

Oxfam have initiated a petition appealing to Tony Blair (George Bush's poodle) as follows:

"I am deeply alarmed that the situation in the Lebanon, Gaza and Israel continues to deteriorate rapidly.

I am concerned that the British government has yet to use its full influence to bring about an immediate ceasefire, and full compliance with international humanitarian law.

By failing to back the UN and call for an immediate ceasefire the British government has reduced the impact of international calls for an immediate halt to the violence. As such, your current policy risks putting civilian lives at continued risk rather than helping to protect them.

I ask that you take every opportunity available within the international community to push for an immediate ceasefire as a first step to end the suffering, which worsens each day."

I invite all readers to sign the petition - even if it doesn't shift his attitude, it might give him cause for concern at the next general election. Click on the post title "Email the poodle" to add your details to the petition.

Joe McGonagle