Guardian: Iraq inquiry 'must not be held in secret'

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Liberal Democrats threaten to boycott new probe
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/14/iraq-inquiry-gordon-brown-liberal-democrats

Gordon Brown was under intense pressure last night to throw open a new inquiry into the Iraq war to the public as families of soldiers who died, and anti-war MPs, reacted with horror to suggestions it would be held largely in secret.

Cabinet sources said the prime minister would announce an inquiry early this week, probably on Tuesday. Its structure would be "similar but not identical" to the Franks inquiry into the 1982 Falklands war, which was held behind closed doors.

Last night, as families of the dead said they would march on Downing Street if any of its deliberations were kept secret, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg stoked the controversy saying he would boycott the entire investigation if it was not open, wide in its remit and did not report speedily.

Clegg told the Observer that, unless those in charge were granted full access to all documents, could subpoena witnesses, had a remit to look back to events at least a year before the war began and reported within months, the inquiry would be seen as a sham.

[Merryweather]

1. Of course

I completely trust the party that supported and sent us to war to conduct a full and fair inquiry away from the eyes of the public :sarcasm:

Good for the Lib Dems. I really wish they were more than a minor 3rd party they are at the moment. It would provide an actual alternative - both Labour and the Conservatives are virtually indistinguishable these days.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R