Tag Archives: Iraq War
Thoughts: The Blair Perfomance
I actually ‘won’ a ticket for the afternoon session. I got excited when it arrived in the post only to find on closer inspection that it wasn’t for the main room, but a ticket for the viewing gallery. i.e. the … Continue reading
Filed under Centre Right, Iraq, Politics, UK Politics
View on Legality of Iraq War: 2002
Sometimes you find something fascinating in your personal archives. Given Tony Blair’s evidence today I searched my hard drive for anything I had written on Iraq and found this 2002 letter to my then MP: 16th August 2002, To: Colin … Continue reading
Filed under Iraq, UK, UK Politics
The Conclusions of the Iraq Inquiry Will Be….
So then, the Iraq Inquiry is finally on. Just for sport let me predict what the Inquiry’s headline conclusions will be: Those at the top genuinely did believe an active WMD program existed in Iraq This false belief was hardened by … Continue reading