Many of you will already be aware that the trial of Bradley Manning has just begun in the United States. What you may not yet know is that there is a campaign underway to nominate Private Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize, and that there is an online petition that many of you might wish to sign in support of that campaign. The link is:
This is, of course, slightly off the beaten track for us, but we think an occasional detour from our Lancaster West campaigning is sometimes called for.