Hi Pop Pickers,

You may or may not know that I was in a band at university called Ugly Rumours - which is a coincidence as it was my ugly rumours that got us into the war in Iraq in the first place! The war has killed approximately 650,000 civilians and more than 3000 British and US soldiers, without us finding any weapons of mass destruction.

I've joined up with Stop the War Coalition and CND to release a pro peace song. On the 26/02/07 "Ugly Rumours" - fronted by yours truly - are putting out a cover version of the Edwin Starr classic "War (What is it good for?)". We are aiming to get the track in to the UK pop charts in March. March is the 4th year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and also when Parliament is due to discuss the issue of Trident. We can highlight the lack of support for the government on these issues via the pop charts. The mainstream media will report on it if enough people from StWC, CND and others who care buy our track. (Plus I want to be remembered as the UK's highest charting British Prime Minister of all time!)

You can buy/pre-order the track NOW or at anytime by texting the word "PEACE1" to 78789 or by clicking the button below. The song will only cost you £1.50 (plus standard network charges) with all the profits going to support the good work that Stop the War Coalition do. We only need around 5000 sales to get Ugly Rumours into the charts so please take the time to buy it NOW!

I know I didn't give you a chance to vote on Britain going to war so please think of this as a musical referendum on me before I leave office!

PLEASE forward this site to as many people as you can and tell them about my great new single and video. (Check out my video below with cameos from my old friends, George Galloway, my real life sister in law Lauren Booth and Brian Hoare). You can join my Ugly Rumours fan club by entering you email address below, we will then send you exclusive video links for our other promos and information on how Ugly Rumours are progressing in the charts.

Yours always,

Tony Blair

uglyrumours@btinternet.com

Click here to the BBC website report