"Where are those weapons of Mass Destruction?" asked Brian Fewster, Green Party spokesperson and candidate for Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields. "We should not forget the flimsy and contradictory reasons used by Blair and Bush to justify the war in Iraq."
He continued: "We were told that if Saddam Hussein admitted to possessing such weapons, and agreed to destroy them, there would be no need for a war. The implication was that he would then have been allowed to continue oppressing his people.
"The argument was then shifted to the need to get rid of an evil dictator. Saddam certainly fitted that description, but evil dictators in places such as Indonesia and Chile have often been supported by the United States and its allies. The west was selling arms to Saddam before and after his gassing of the Kurds and right up to the invasion of Kuwait.
"Unconvincing attempts were also made to link Saddam Hussein with Al Qaida. Under cover of such contradictory arguments, thousands of deaths have been caused, as well as the looting of irreplaceable historical treasures. Why was the Oil Ministry protected but not the hospitals and museums?
"Some of the people behind President Bush have long been arguing for the need to occupy Iraq as an American power-base. Saddam's alleged weapons of mass destruction (or his links with Al Qaida, or the oppressive nature of his regime - take your pick) have conveniently coincided with this perceived need.
"What is truly shameful," he concluded, "is the way the British Government not only colluded in such lethal deception, but played its own part in manufacturing evidence for war."
Where are the "Weapons of Mass Destruction"?
This election, according to Leicester Greens, will be, among other things, an opportunity for people to protest, by voting for Green and other anti-war candidates, against the way public opinion about the war has been manipulated by lies and half-truths.