Iraqi interpreters campaign latest

Dan Hardie has a new posting about his campaign for Iraqi interpreters who have worked for British forces to be granted asylum here.

He is keen that people who supports him should write to their MPs:

There are two reasons for this. We will need, first of all, to see which MPs are sympathetic to this cause. If Government policy has not changed by the time Parliament returns from the Summer recess, we will need to think about a face-to-face lobbying effort. Secondly, it is possible that MPs may be briefed by their front benches to send with stonewalling replies; some may even attempt to justify the policy. We need to identify these arguments so that they can be knocked down as speedily as possible.

He also reprints a helpful reply from John Barrett, the Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West.