[Sprotch]

Is there a source for this? In his autobiography he acknowledges he got it wrong, but based on the available evidence at the time

[ndsipa_pomu]

Well, there was the Chilcot Inquiry which was deliberately hobbled from fully investigating and reporting the shenanigans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Inquiry

Blair was accused of misleading parliament over the WMD claims and there was a limited attempt to impeach him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_motion_to_impeac...

Also relevant with regard to war crimes is this recent uncovering: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/30/tony-blair-p...

(There's lots of various opinions given about Blair which are not really authoritative, such as: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair-iraq-gov...)

[Sprotch]

Thanks for this. I have read the executive summary and, actually, UK intelligence advised Blair that Iraq was not a threat to the UK and that military action would make things worse: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a80f42ced915...

So this was purely a political move on the part of Blair to cozy up to the US. Maddening.

[ndsipa_pomu]

It infuriates me every time that I see Blair given publicity by the mainstream media and how he's still involved with international politics - especially the middle east/Israel. I did declare that I would never vote for Labour until they got Blair tried for war crimes (have voted for Greens since though most years that has been wasted as I live in Bristol which was a strongly Labour area).