Chilcot inquiry: Whitehall mutterings and political blame game
Tim Farron, in one of his first high profile outings as Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesman for the election, has been laying into senior figures from the Labour government for “using the process … to...
View ArticleSir John Chilcot quizzed by MPs over Iraq report
Sir John Chilcot tells MPs on the foreign affairs committee his inquiry’s report into the Iraq war will be published as soon as possible, but not before the election.
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Will the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war ever be published?
So today MPs finally debate the non-appearance of the Chilcot report into Britain’s involvement in the Iraq war, 1,463 days since it last took evidence. Even in the time that has elapsed since it was...
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Whitehall took 13 months over Bush/Blair letters
If Sir Jeremy Heywood had taken one month to decide that the Bush/Blair exchanges could be published by the Chilcot team we would have the Iraq report by now. As it is, Sir John Chilcot revealed to...
View ArticleTony Blair, the election and the brand
Who wrote this on the 2008 banking crisis? “The ‘market’ did not fail. One part of one sector did …. funnily enough (or perhaps predictably enough), the puiblic has got this more than many politicians...
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Chilcot Iraq report may be delayed until May 2016
There’s an update from the Iraq Inquiry but you may feel it doesn’t shed much light – Sir John Chilcot’s letter to the PM is here . I understand around 40 people are part of the Maxwellisation process...
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Chilcot Iraq war report: a timetable for a timetable
Sir John Chilcot has repeated that he will publish a timetable for his report … but not just yet. In a statement on the inquiry website the retired civil servant says he expects the last of the...
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Labour leadership hustings: the key moments
Immigration All four candidates said more action is needed to tackle the unfolding migration crisis at Europe’s borders. Mr Burnham said: “As this crisis unfolds you cannot let Greece particularly...
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Chilcot gives a timetable – of sorts
The Chilcot blame game is in full flight today, everyone trying to make sure the public and the relatives of those who were killed or injured in Iraq don’t blame them for the long, long wait. Sir John...
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Syria debate: Johnson attacks ‘self-righteous certitude’
Alan Johnson’s intervention in the Syria debate was a well constructed argument built round the need to answer the call from the UN. But what really struck you was the sting in the tail. It was a...
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Chilcot Inquiry: Blair –‘I will be with you, whatever’
The former Labour prime minister also personally agreed to deploy three brigades of combat troops two months before the 2003 invasion, without consulting his senior ministers. The inquiry, led by Sir...
View ArticleChilcot Inquiry: stinging criticism as families still grieve
Back at the QE2 Conference Centre where the Iraq Inquiry public hearings happened, we wait for Sir John Chilcot’s statement. The families of the dead and wounded take up the front 7 rows of seats –...
View ArticleBlair memo leaked: where is the Chilcot Inquiry?
In the leaked memo from 2002 Colin Powell told President Bush then Prime Minister Tony Blair “will be with us”.
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