Chilcot Inquiry: stinging criticism as families still grieve
Sir John Chilcot’s statement, just delivered, was starker than the report itself in its criticism of the Iraq War.
Letters written by Tony Blair for the eyes of the US president only have now been declassified. What do they tell us about the Iraq War?
Sir John Chilcot’s statement, just delivered, was starker than the report itself in its criticism of the Iraq War.
Sir John Chilcot has relented and said he will publish a timetable for his report … but not just yet.
There’s an update from Sir John Chilcot’s Iraq Inquiry – but you may feel it doesn’t shed much light…
Tony Blair’s reputation lies in the hands of the Chilcot Inquiry. What will it say about the man who took Britain to war in 2003?
Even John Chilcot can never have anticipated the years of toil, obfuscation and delay that would surround his efforts in trying to find the truth about the Iraq war.
No one knows how to delay an urgent inquiry into serious misjudgments, mistakes, and misdoings, than the British ‘system’.
Former prime minister Tony Blair insists he has not been holding up the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war. So what has it taken so long to see the light of day?
Five years after the Chilcot Inquiry was set up, and ten years after the invasion, why is the non-publication of the inquiry’s report such a low key issue?
Short session but some pretty important points. Missing kit and procurement problems have come up before but remember this; the Chief of the Defence Staff is “the professional head of the UK Armed Forces and the principal military adviser” to the Defence Secretary and the government. Put another way: top brass. Jock Stirrup got in…
The biggest surprise from Tony Blair’s morning session at the Iraq inquiry is the former prime minister’s call for tougher sanctions against Iran, blogs Gary Gibbon
At the moment the media outnumber the protesters at Tony Blair’s appearance before the Chilcot inquiry, blogs Gary Gibbon.
There is a disconnect among members of the public in this country which represents a very serious challenge to what we understand as democracy, blogs Jon Snow.
Contrary to what you might imagine life in the Chilcot pressroom is not without moments of danger. It’s not all Prue Leith coffee and scenic views of snow refusing to settle on Parliament Square. Beware, I beseech you, the “Hidden Zinger.”