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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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
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FactCheck: questions remain over Zac Goldsmith’s taxpayer-funded letter to constituents
The Conservative minister told the Parliamentary watchdog he had “never made use of this facility before”.
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Iraq inquiry focuses on Blair-Goldsmith relationship
The Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war has focused attention on what may be a fundamental conflict of interest in the role of the attorney general, top lawyers tell Channel 4 News.
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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: 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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Gary Gibbon
‘Lord Ashcroft is a non-dom’, Lib Dems to allege in parliament
The Liberal Democrats plan to use PMQs (and parliamentary privilege) to allege that a leak from HMRC suggests that Lord Ashcroft, the Tory donor has non-dom status for tax purposes.
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Iraq Inquiry: Blair contradicted legal advice
As the Iraq Inquiry resumes public hearings, a written statement from former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith reveals Tony Blair’s public statements were at odds to the legal advice.
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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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Gary Gibbon
Chilcot Inquiry: stinging criticism as families still grieve
Sir John Chilcot’s statement, just delivered, was starker than the report itself in its criticism of the Iraq War.
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Chilcot Inquiry: Blair – ‘I will be with you, whatever’
Tony Blair told US President George W Bush “I will be with you, whatever” eight months before parliament approved the invasion of Iraq, the Chilcot inquiry has found.
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FactCheck: what will Chilcot say about Tony Blair?
Tony Blair’s reputation lies in the hands of the Chilcot Inquiry. What will it say about the man who took Britain to war in 2003?
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Fifteen faces of the Iraq war. What happened next?
They were familiar figures of the Iraq war. A decade on from the start of the invasion, some have faded into obscurity while the legacy of others endures. Where are they now?
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Michael Crick
News of the World’s alleged surveillance targets
We have found 153 names on the lists compiled by Derek Webb – people on which he says he was asked to carry out surveillance by the News of the World between 2003 and 2011. Michael Crick has the list.
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Claim of large scale surveillance by News of the World
Following the phone-hack scandal, a private investigator claims he followed and tracked the movements of high-profile people picked by staff at the News of the World – as Michael Crick reveals.
