Gary Gibbon
Blair uses Chilcot to call for tougher Iran sanctions
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
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Tony Blair on Crawford and Iran, with a shaking hand
Tony Blair acknowledged that he told President Bush at Crawford ranch as early as April 2002 that Britain would be with US if there was military action.
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Gary Gibbon
Iraq inquiry told it cannot publish Blair-Bush letters
The Cabinet Secretary, Sir Gus O’Donnell, has sent a big fat “no” to the Iraq inquiry’s request to publish quotations from the private letters that Tony Blair sent to President Bush.
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Gary Gibbon
More media than protesters at the Chilcot inquiry
At the moment the media outnumber the protesters at Tony Blair’s appearance before the Chilcot inquiry, blogs Gary Gibbon.
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Iraq inquiry: the scene is set for Blair's tragedy
Our Iraq inquiry blogger sets the scene for Tony Blair’s appearance today at the Chilcot inquiry
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Tony Blair at the Iraq inquiry: I have no regrets
Tony Blair passes up the chance to apologise directly for the Iraq war to the Chilcot inquiry. Instead he admits he was sorry the action had been “divisive” as Political Editor Gary Gibbon reports.
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Gary Gibbon
Goldsmith’s evidence to the Iraq inquiry: memory is a funny thing
Gary Gibbon comes across some differences between Lord Goldsmith and Gordon Brown’s recollection of a cabinet meeting on the legality of the war in Iraq.
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Iraq inquiry: your questions for Tony Blair
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.
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Iraq inquiry: Lord Goldsmith could have faced tougher questions
The Iraq Inquiry Blogger looks back at Lord Goldsmith’s evidence and believes the former attorney general could have been pushed harder.
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Gary Gibbon
Iraq inquiry: dealing with the law and Lord Goldsmith
Channel 4 News political editor Gary Gibbon examines the way Lord Goldsmith was questioned by the Iraq inquiry.
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Gary Gibbon
Could the Iraq inquiry pass judgement on the legality of war?
Might the Iraq inquiry team be testing the ground to see if it should dare to pass judgement on legality, just as the Dutch inquiry did a couple of weeks ago?
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Iraq inquiry: Goldsmith and Blair legacies 'forever intertwined'
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.
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Iraq inquiry: the word "unlawful" hovers over the QEII centre
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.
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Iraq inquiry: a big week and the countdown to Blair
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.
