That this House notes with interest the re-election of President Hafez Al-Assad in an election in which he was unopposed and 6,727,992 citizens voted, being 99.14 per cent. of the electorate; notes that he received 6,726,843 votes, being 99.98 per cent. of the poll, with 396 votes against him and 753 spoilt papers; and hopes that the Syrian propaganda machine will hesitate before it lectures the West or Israel about democracy or liberty.

That this House notes with interest the re-election of President Hafez Al-Assad in an election in which he was unopposed and 6,727,992 citizens voted, being 99.14 per cent. of the electorate; notes that he received 6,726,843 votes, being 99.98 per cent. of the poll, with 396 votes against him and...

That this House is dismayed by the notorious racist David Duke's expected victory in the election for the Governor of Louisiana on 16th November; notes with disgust Mr Duke's past membership of the Ku Klux Klan; believes Mr Duke's selling of neo-nazi pamphlets and copies of "Mein Kampf" from his office as late as 1989 as a member of the State legislature demonstrates his continued extreme racism and hostility to the democratic process; regrets that so many state and national politicians have left serious issues, like welfare dependency, to the manipulation of bigots like Mr Duke; and believing this individual unfit to hold office in a free society, urges voters in Louisiana to consign Mr Duke to the dustbin of history where he rightly belongs.

That this House is dismayed by the notorious racist David Duke's expected victory in the election for the Governor of Louisiana on 16th November; notes with disgust Mr Duke's past membership of the Ku Klux Klan; believes Mr Duke's selling of neo-nazi pamphlets and copies of "Mein Kampf" from his...