Clare Short accuses Blair of misleading Britain

Clare Short accuses Blair of misleading Britain over case for war

Tony Blair deliberately misled Parliament and the public over Saddam Hussein's weapons in an attempt to justify the war in Iraq, the former cabinet minister Clare Short claims in her new book.

Ms Short, who saw the detailed intelligence reports on Iraq's arsenal, does not blame the security services for the failure to find WMD but criticises the "spin" put on their findings by Downing Street. Her severe criticism will add to the pressure on the Prime Minister, who has apologised for the intelligence reports but refuses to admit he took Britain to war on a false prospectus.

Ms Short's allegation against Mr Blair's integrity is made in her book being serialised in The Independent. The former minister says she saw the intelligence reports on Iraq's alleged arsenal as International Development Secretary.

In An Honourable Deception?, Ms Short alleges that Mr Blair deliberately misled the country - a charge which would, if proven, force him to resign. Rejecting the findings of the Butler inquiry that the Prime Minister acted in good faith, she says: "I am afraid it is clear that the Prime Minister did knowingly mislead."

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John Snow said it well in a recent public event: "What exactly did
Andrew Gilligan get wrong?"

Blair is not to be trusted. He's a straussian liar, and his words
are as irrelevant as a dog barking. Bark Bark Bark... yes tony.
Tony is now the but of jokes and british cynicism. To push the
irony further, he wonder's why british voters are cynical.

He was hoping to go down in history as the next Churchill.

He was hoping the Nukes and Poison Gas would be immediately uncovered.

He guessed wrong ----- he lost.

He launched a Criminal War that has killed thousands of children, seniors and cripples.

He has nothing to show for it. Except the animosity of the Western World--- Europe and Canada included.