Opinion: Iraq War, one year on
Just over ten years ago, I was one dot in a crowd of one million people in London calling for the Labour government of Tony Blair to stop the Iraq war. We all knew that Saddam Hussein was a murderous...
View ArticleEmma Nicholson writes: Was the war worth it? … a resounding Yes from me
Today is the 10th Anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. We are marking it by publishing reflections on the war and its aftermath by senior Liberal Democrats. The first, by Baroness Nicholson of...
View ArticleMing Campbell writes: Britain lost moral authority as a result of its...
Today is the 10th Anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. We are marking it by publishing reflections on the war and its aftermath by senior Liberal Democrats. The second is by Ming Campbell. It is hard...
View ArticleWillie Rennie on Iraq and four tests for future military intervention
This week the Scottish Parliament debated the Iraq War, ten years on. This could have disintegrated into a “this is why we need independence” bunfight, but, actually, it ended up being one of those...
View ArticleLibLink: Tim Farron on Chilcot
At the Huffington Post, Tim Farron is decrying the delay to the Chilcot report into the Iraq war. The publication of the Chilcot report is crucial and the delays are unacceptable – we cannot afford to...
View ArticleFarron: Chilcott delay “simply not good enough”
The BBC says that the Chilott Inquiry into the Iraq war may now not report until next year, a full 13 years since the misguided and ill-fated invasion. A source close to the inquiry, which began in...
View ArticleOne big thing to remember about the Iraq War as the Chilcot Report is published
The long awaited Chilcot Report will be published in a few minutes. On the eve of publication, Twitter amused itself by guessing #chilcotslastline My favourite came from Lib Dem Josh Dixon. To be...
View ArticleA PM fails this country and destroys another, yet faces no action. Where’s...
I’m watching an at times close to tears Tony Blair giving his response to the Chilcot Report. He asks us to accept that he took the decision to go to war in good faith. I’m not sure that was ever...
View ArticleSplendid and moving tribute to David Rendel, former Liberal Democrat MP
David Rendel at the 2003 London march against the Iraq war. David described voting against the Iraq invasion, in the House of Commons, as his proudest moment. Last Monday, a memorial event was held...
View ArticleLIbLink: Alistair Carmichael: Parliament can not duck responsibility for UK...
As we have a 13-years-too-late mea culpa (but a big boy made him do it) from John Prescott, Alistair Carmichael writes for the Times about Parliament’s role in supporting the Iraq War. He makes the...
View ArticleOpinion: Iraq War, one year on
Just over ten years ago, I was one dot in a crowd of one million people in London calling for the Labour government of Tony Blair to stop the Iraq war. We all knew that Saddam Hussein was a murderous...
View ArticleEmma Nicholson writes: Was the war worth it? … a resounding Yes from me
Today is the 10th Anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. We are marking it by publishing reflections on the war and its aftermath by senior Liberal Democrats. The first, by Baroness Nicholson of...
View ArticleMing Campbell writes: Britain lost moral authority as a result of its...
Today is the 10th Anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. We are marking it by publishing reflections on the war and its aftermath by senior Liberal Democrats. The second is by Ming Campbell. It is hard...
View ArticleWillie Rennie on Iraq and four tests for future military intervention
This week the Scottish Parliament debated the Iraq War, ten years on. This could have disintegrated into a “this is why we need independence” bunfight, but, actually, it ended up being one of those...
View ArticleLibLink: Tim Farron on Chilcot
At the Huffington Post, Tim Farron is decrying the delay to the Chilcot report into the Iraq war. The publication of the Chilcot report is crucial and the delays are unacceptable – we cannot afford to...
View ArticleFarron: Chilcott delay “simply not good enough”
The BBC says that the Chilott Inquiry into the Iraq war may now not report until next year, a full 13 years since the misguided and ill-fated invasion. A source close to the inquiry, which began in...
View ArticleOne big thing to remember about the Iraq War as the Chilcot Report is published
The long awaited Chilcot Report will be published in a few minutes. On the eve of publication, Twitter amused itself by guessing #chilcotslastline My favourite came from Lib Dem Josh Dixon. To be...
View ArticleA PM fails this country and destroys another, yet faces no action. Where’s...
I’m watching an at times close to tears Tony Blair giving his response to the Chilcot Report. He asks us to accept that he took the decision to go to war in good faith. I’m not sure that was ever...
View ArticleSplendid and moving tribute to David Rendel, former Liberal Democrat MP
David Rendel at the 2003 London march against the Iraq war. David described voting against the Iraq invasion, in the House of Commons, as his proudest moment. Last Monday, a memorial event was held...
View ArticleLIbLink: Alistair Carmichael: Parliament can not duck responsibility for UK...
As we have a 13-years-too-late mea culpa (but a big boy made him do it) from John Prescott, Alistair Carmichael writes for the Times about Parliament’s role in supporting the Iraq War. He makes the...
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