Talk:John Corrie

August 2011: "Scots Tory grandee leaves Prime Minister embarrassed with bizarre mission to Libya"
David Taylor, Daily Record, 19 August 2011 --Mais oui! (talk) 10:36, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
 * "'A former Tory MP has embarrassed David Cameron by going on a bizarre mission to Libya - and claiming Colonel Gaddafi has too much support to be overthrown. John Corrie flew to Tripoli at the invitation of the murdering tyrant just a week after Cameron's government recognised Libya's rebels as the country's rulers. He returned from talks with top regime officials to proclaim that NATO's bombing campaign was a mistake and the country's rebels would never succeed. And he slammed Cameron for handing the Libyan Embassy in London to the opposition. The 76-year-old chief of Clan Corrie said: 'We have totally overestimated the rebels' strength. We have totally underestimated Gaddafi's strength and the number of people supporting him. 'I can't see him moving and I can't see the rebels having the strength.' Labour shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said Corrie's outburst was 'offensive'. And the ex-MP was slapped down by the Foreign Office'"