Iraq Inquiry Blog

Our Iraq Inquiry Blogger on Tony Blair’s session and how, as last time, the final word went to the bereaved…

Tony Blair returns to the Iraq Inquiry – and so does our blogger.

Chief correspondent Alex Thomson blogs from the Iraq Inquiry. General Sir Richard Dannatt came before the Chilcot folk with their gentle, leisurely questioning of various people involved in what critics describe as the UK’s greatest foreign policy disaster of modern times. Whether that is the case or not, it remains fascinating to watch the rather…

“There’s a wonderful phrase: ‘the Fog of War.’ What the fog of war means is: war is so complex it’s beyond the ability of the human mind to comprehend all the variables. Our judgment, our understanding, are not adequate. And we kill people unnecessarily.”

Channel 4 News Iraq Inquiry blogger looks ahead to David Miliband and Bill Jeffrey’s evidence.

The Iraq Inquiry blogger poses questions that Gordon Brown may face when he gives evidence.

Channel 4 News’s Iraq Inquiry blogger reviews a day of predictable evidence delivered in unexpected ways.

Channel 4 News’s Iraq Inquiry Blogger hears Sir John Chilcot mention plans to hold further hearings in Iraq.

The Channel 4 News Iraq Inquiry blogger looks ahead to the day’s evidence.

The Iraq Inquiry blogger assesses Clare Short’s evidence and Sir Peter Ricketts’s third appearance.

Even today Short is, I think it’s fair to say, political Marmite. People either love or hate her, with not much space between the two. It’s certainly a truism that applies to inquiry witnesses.

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 Iraq Inquiry blogger gets back into the saddle after last week’s epic session.

Our Iraq inquiry blogger sets the scene for Tony Blair’s appearance today at the Chilcot inquiry

The Iraq Inquiry Blogger selects some of the best Tweets suggesting questions that should be put to former prime minister Tony Blair when he gives evidence.