MPs launch new attempt to interrogate Tony Blair over Iraq

[inanna]

Source: The Guardian

Saturday 26 November 2016 21.00 GMT

A cross-party group of MPs will make a fresh effort to hold Tony Blair to account for allegedly misleading parliament and the public over the Iraq war.

The move, which could see Blair stripped of membership of the Privy Council, comes as the former prime minister tries to re-enter the political fray, promising to champion the “politically homeless” who are alienated from Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour and the Brexit-promoting government of Theresa May.

The group, which includes MPs from six parties, will put down a Commons motion on Monday calling for a parliamentary committee to investigate the difference between what Blair said publicly to the Chilcot inquiry into the war and privately, including assurances to then US president George W Bush.

Backing the motion are Alex Salmond, the SNP MP and former first minister of Scotland; Hywel Williams, Westminster leader of Plaid Cymru; and Green party co-leader Caroline Lucas

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/26/new-attempt-to-bring-tony-blair-to-book-over-iraq

[Bad Dog]

1. This won't go anywhere.

The Tories don't like the Nationalists or the Greens. They don't particularly like Tony Blair either, but with an incoming Trump presidency Theresa May won't be wanting to make a rod for her own back.

[heaven05]

2. good, keep beating on him.

I just wish the shrub and darth could be put in the docket at the Hague. That will go no where either, ever.

[raging moderate]

3. Ask him what Dubya was holding over his head.

Blair always looked scared when they were together.

[OnDoutside]

4. He was holding the sword of relevancy....

[McKim]

5. He Needs to Pay a Price

He needs to pay a price for that monstrous war, and so do the rest of them. He has suffered no consequences, hangs out on his yacht in the caribbean and been given some very fancy jobs.
He thinks a clever turn of phrase and speeches will keep him afloat. Anything done to punish this evil man would be welcome.

[Bad Dog]

6. I don't think the people of Sierra Leone share your view of Blair.

Or the people of Kosovo for that matter. Domestically he brought peace to Northern Ireland, invested heavily in Health, Education and in work benefits.

All good stuff, reality is far more nuanced than absolutes, good/evil, black/white. Had it not been for Iraq he might still be PM.