Iraq Inquiry Blog

The Iraq Inquiry Blogger looks back at Lord Goldsmith’s evidence and believes the former attorney general could have been pushed harder.

The Iraq war and now the Chilcot inquiry will ensure Blair and Goldsmith’s reputations and legacies remain intertwined forever, writes the Iraq Inquiry Blogger.

If today “works” it should neatly set the scene for tomorrow’s appearance by the former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith writes the Iraq Inquiry Blogger.

This could be the most explosive week yet at the Iraq inquiry ahead of Tony Blair’s appearance on Friday, writes the Iraq Inquiry Blogger.

Any real chance of today’s DfID and Treasury witnesses getting onto the news bulletins was pretty much scuppered by the news Gordon Brown would appear before the inquiry.

The Iraq inquiry blogger looks back on Sir John Chilcot’s previous statements about when Gordon Brown would give evidence to the Iraq inqury.

Just time for a short entry this evening. Had part planned a mini-rant about why on earth Jack Straw – the war-time Foreign Secretary – was only being allocated a paltry three hour session by the Inquiry, but now of course we know he’ll be coming back for another one in about a fortnight.

So how did Jack Straw go from lefty student to foreign secretary during a war? The Iraq Inquiry Blogger takes a deeper look.

In his explosive evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, former security and intelligence coordinator Sir David Omand fingers MI6 for failing to correctly interpret intelligence over weapons of mass destruction.

Geoff Hoon lands blows on prime ministers past and present as the former defence secretary appears before the Iraq inquiry, writes the Iraq Inquiry Blogger.

The Iraq inquiry blogger looks ahead to the kind of questions the panel is expected to ask former defence secretary Geoff Hoon later today.

The Iraq inquiry blogger looks ahead to the witnesses scheduled to appear in week seven of the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war.

Our Iraq Inquiry blogger takes us through the end of a busy week for the inquiry.

The Iraq Inquiry blogger reports on the evidence given by former Cabinet Secretary Lord Turnbull.

Alastair Campbell would have been wise to avoid the newspaper headlines this morning, writes the Iraq Inquiry Blogger.