Former prime minister to be questioned in public and private over evidence he gave to panel on invasion’s legalityThe Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war is to summon Tony Blair back to give evidence and he will be asked to testify in both public and private, officials saidlast night.The former prime minister, who gave nearly [...]
Bereft of lawyers, the Iraq war inquiry has suffered total forensic failure. This was a cakewalk for BlairNone of the members of the Chilcot inquiry have training in either legal principles or forensic skills. They have no permanent appointed legal experts or advisers and no appointed counsel to represent the tribunal and to cross-examine witnesses. [...]
It has become increasingly clear that the PM was fully signed up to the overall Iraq war planGordon Brown was in meetings for most of Friday and only caught glimpses of Tony Blair’s televised appearance before the Chilcot inquiry. But with his own appearance only a few weeks away, he will have read the reaction [...]
The Chilcot inquiry summoned Tony Blair last week to establish facts for the historical record. But Mr Blair turned up to win history’s approval, its gratitude even. The result was pure theatre; the fluent former prime minister was given the stage and the cues. He performed.The questioning was neither forensic nor consistent enough to disturb [...]
Amid heckles, the former PM told Chilcot inquiry Saddam Hussein was a ‘monster’ who needed to be dealt withTony Blair told the Chilcot inquiry, at the end of six hours of evidence this afternoon, that he had no regrets for Britain’s part in the Iraq war and its aftermath.In a final statement before the hearing [...]
Former prime minister accused of ‘not facing up to facts’ as he gives evidence to Chilcot inquiryThe families of British military personnel killed in Iraq condemned Tony Blair’s performance before the Chilcot inquiry today, accusing him of being disrespectful.One, Theresea Evans, asked the former prime minister to look her in the eye and say sorry [...]
• First law chief said second UN vote needed • Then Bush lawyers changed his opinion• Eve of battle revision to give troops clear yesLord Goldsmith, attorney general at the time of the Iraq war, acknowledged today that he changed his advice on the legality of the invasion twice in the five weeks leading up [...]
The Chilcot inquiry will question Tony Blair about the Iraq war. So might we see the real truth emerge at last?If you sit in the public seats at the Chilcot inquiry, one of the first things you notice is that the witnesses have their backs to you. There is a large television screen on one [...]
Lord Goldsmith admits he changed his mind on the legality of the Iraq war – but denies he was pressured into doing so.
Former attorney general admitted to changing his mind over necessity of further justification for military actionLord Goldsmith at the Iraq war inquiry – liveLord Goldsmith, the government’s attorney general at the time of the Iraq war, has told the Chilcot inquiry that he believed in 2002 there was no imminent threat from Saddam Hussein’s regime [...]