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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Blair memo leaked: where is the Chilcot Inquiry?
In the leaked memo from 2002 Colin Powell told President Bush then Prime Minister Tony Blair “will be with us”.
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Gary Gibbon
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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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Gary Gibbon
Syria debate: Johnson attacks ‘self-righteous certitude’
Alan Johnson rebuked Corbyn’s team with a sharp speech, but the debate hasn’t had the energy of past Commons debates on war.
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Gary Gibbon
Chilcot gives a timetable – of sorts
The Chilcot blame game is in full flight today, everyone trying to make sure the public and the relatives of those who were killed or injured in Iraq don’t blame them for the long, long wait.
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Labour leadership hustings: the key moments
The four contenders clash over immigration, benefits cuts, “making excuses” for Vladimir Putin and the shadow of the Iraq war.
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Gary Gibbon
Chilcot Iraq war report: a timetable for a timetable
Sir John Chilcot has relented and said he will publish a timetable for his report … but not just yet.
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Gary Gibbon
Chilcot Iraq report may be delayed until May 2016
There’s an update from Sir John Chilcot’s Iraq Inquiry – but you may feel it doesn’t shed much light…
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Gary Gibbon
Tony Blair, the election and the brand
Tony Blair would look disloyal if he didn’t raise a finger to help his successor. He’s already sprinkled £106,000 around local parties – not all of it welcomed with open arms.
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Martin Gilbert, Churchill biographer: 1936-2015
In 1988, Michael Crick reported on historian Martin Gilbert, who had just completed a monumental biography of Churchill. Gilbert, who was also a Chilcot inquiry panel member, died on 3 February.
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Gary Gibbon
Whitehall took 13 months over Bush/Blair letters
If Sir Jeremy Heywood had taken one month to decide that the Bush/Blair exchanges could be published by the Chilcot team we would have the Iraq report by now.
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Jon Snow
Will the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war ever be published?
Even John Chilcot can never have anticipated the years of toil, obfuscation and delay that would surround his efforts in trying to find the truth about the Iraq war.
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Sir John Chilcot quizzed by MPs over Iraq report
Sir John Chilcot tells MPs on the foreign affairs committee his inquiry’s report into the Iraq war will be published as soon as possible, but not before the election.
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Chilcot: ‘a farce and an affront to democracy’
Plaid Cymru’s Elfyn Llwyd says the ongoing wait for the Chilcot report is an “expensive farce and an affront to democracy” in a Westminster debate over the inquiry’s delays.
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Gary Gibbon
Chilcot inquiry: Whitehall mutterings and political blame game
Is the Chilcot report into the Iraq war being delayed for political purposes or, more prosaically, just a bit disorganised but doing its best to be fair to witnesses?
