THE GUARDIAN: The former prime minister is greeted with chants of "war criminal" as he arrives at the London university
Tony Blair was jeered by anti-war protesters as he arrived to deliver a speech at University College London (UCL) this morning.
Students and campaigners from the Stop the War Coalition used the occasion to reiterate their demand that the former primer minister be tried for war crimes and criticised the university for hosting the event.
Blair was speaking at the launch of the Institute for Security and Resilience Studies (ISRS) – a research institute which is independent from UCL – alongside former defence secretary John Reid and education secretary Michael Gove.
But students say the event-organisers behaved in an underhand manner by failing to advertise the speech, which was open only to guests who paid £700 for tickets. » | Ashley Cowburn | Tuesday, November 13, 2012
