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JOHN PRESCOTT has accused David Cameron of trying to restart the crusades in a scathing attack on his plans to bomb Syria, writes Luke James.
The Labour peer, who was deputy prime minister at the time of the Iraq war, spoke out against air strikes last night in an interview with Russia Today.
Mr Prescott said he ridiculed Tony Blair’s lust for war, asking him: “Why don’t you put a white sheet on and a red cross and start the bloody crusades again?”
Turning to Syria, he said: “We lost that 1,000 years ago, and that’s precisely what we’re doing at this present stage.
“It is almost a religious holy war, isn’t it? And the Christians want to win over the Muslims. That’s a hell of a thought, it’s 1,000 years ago and we’re back to it.”
Labour MP Paul Flynn also warned yesterday that “inciting more hatred between Christians throughout the world and Muslims is a terribly dangerous path to go down.”
