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Mon 21 Mar 2011 22.51 CET
Tory MP Kris Hopkins tells Commons there is ‘nothing glorious in war’ as he criticises media for showing ‘sanitised movie footage’
Having watched the debates and diplomacy taking place ever since the Falklands War and having observed the battles on CNN of sanitised movie footage of jets taking off, troops returning fire, Union Jacks attached to aerials and advancing tanks – what a daunting thought to be in the House debating and contemplating the responsibility we have for the deployment of peoples whose principle purpose is to kill other people on our behalf.
There is nothing glorious in war, there is nothing romantic about it. I would say to some members of media who have portrayed some form of entertainment about what is going on and what has gone on in previous wars – it is is just not right.
This morning, when I was coming to work, I listened to a phone-in on BBC television. It asked a question about whether we should kill Gaddafi. People were phoning in. It was almost like a gladiatorial, thumbs-up or thumbs-down about what the populace thought. I’ve got to say I was fairly disgusted about this form of entertainment about the killing of another human, however disgusting he is.
