Gordon Brown’s announcement today that he would try and push through plans for a referendum on constitutional reform has been greeted with light but general derision.
Chilcot Inquiry
Guy Rundle: Rundle’s UK: Tony Blair’s very ordinary madness
For Tony Blair, by his own account, the crucial fact of 9/11 was not whether or not there had been any connection between Iraq and Al-Qaeda, but that the combination of dictatorial viciousness and an appetite for lethal weapons was something that could no longer be ignored.
Guy Rundle: Hell of a day for Chilcot, for Haiti, for remembering the Holocaust
Evidence at the Chilcot inquiry reveals the British government lied and schemed on its way to war.
Guy Rundle: Rundle’s UK: Who’ll throw a shoe at Tony Blair?
With the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war moving inexorably towards the headline act — Tony Blair’s second appearance in the witness stand is on Friday — there is something of a dark carnival atmosphere around London.
Does Australia need its own Iraq War inquiry?
The Chilcot inquiry into the UK’s role in the Iraq War is heating up in Britain, with Blair and co coming under heavy scrutiny. Should the Howard government face the same treatment?
Guy Rundle: Rundle’s UK: Jack Straw takes the stand, Chilcot becomes the new Watergate
Today Jack Straw took the stand at the Chilcot Inquiry, the first currently serving cabinet member so to do – and promptly landed his erstwhile leader, Mr Tony, even further in it.
Blair’s secret Iraq notes to Bush
Tony Blair sent secret letters to George Bush in 2002 promising British support for military action in Iraq, former Downing St spin doctor Alastair Campbell has told the Chilcot Inquiry.
Blair: I would have invaded Iraq anyway
An unrepentant Tony Blair says it was right to invade Iraq and dispose of Saddam Hussein even without evidence of weapons of mass destruction. So the cynics were right all along? asks Paul Reynolds.
Chilcot Inquiry: the liveblog
Reporters from the Guardian are liveblogging revelations from the Chilcot Inquiry into the UK’s involvement in the Iraq War as they come to hand.
Was the Iraq invasion planned before 9/11?
The former head of the UK’s Joint Intelligence Committee, Sir John Ricketts, has told the Chilcot Inquiry he heard “drum beats from Washington” about plans to overthrow Saddam Hussein months before 9/11.
Chilcot shines a light on Blair’s Iraq lies
A leaked contribution to the Chilcot Inquiry has revealed that Tony Blair deliberately misled parliament over his intentions in Iraq, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Is Tony Blair a war criminal?
With the Chilcot Inquiry into Britain’s involvement in the Iraq war soon to go public, one big question must be answered, says Oliver Miles: was this a war of aggression and therefore a war crime?
