Chilcott Report

[Hope]

All that said, what are folks' views on a motion to impeach Blair, or deem him in 'contempt of Parliament' all those years ago?  What impact would it have on his current activities?

[Gordon]

All that said, what are folks' views on a motion to impeach Blair, or deem him in 'contempt of Parliament' all those years ago?  What impact would it have on his current activities?

I suspect it is his previous activities that are the issue.

[Owlswing]

All that said, what are folks' views on a motion to impeach Blair, or deem him in 'contempt of Parliament' all those years ago?  What impact would it have on his current activities?

Let's face it, his 'current activities' involve him making huge amounts of money on the back of his previous activities.

He has even said that he would do the sme again - i e - he would kill 179 servicemen again!

What an ego! Almost as big as Trump's!

[Harrowby Hall]

All that said, what are folks' views on a motion to impeach Blair, or deem him in 'contempt of Parliament' all those years ago?  What impact would it have on his current activities?

"A modern version" sounds as though Adam Price was making it up as he went along. I think that due to the passage of time this would end up looking like some symbolic kangaroo court which might, in itself, bring Parliament into disrepute. It might also be a trigger for other old scores to be settled.

I'm not defending Blair. He knows that history is going to be very hard on him. To me, his major offence was to have had a one-way love affair with an idiot who had become president of the USA who used him and then tossed him aside. That, indeed, was a special relationship.

[Hope]

HH, the BBC website suggests that this is quite a serious consideration - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36756878

[Brownie]

John Prescott has a lot to say, including this:

Meanwhile, John Prescott, the then deputy prime minister, said he now believed the invasion was "illegal".


Hindsight.

I've always believed it was wrong to invade Iraq but surely Tony Blair didn't decide on that course of action all on his own.  I wouldn't have thought any leader in this country would have autonomy.  Am I wrong?

[Harrowby Hall]

HH, the BBC website suggests that this is quite a serious consideration - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36756878

Fair enough. I'm not saying that it would be unmerited or inappropriate but rather tardy.  I suppose that it could not have been considered before the publication of the Chilcott Report, however. Perhaps it will be a warning to British politicians who try to tie their coattails to America. Our future lies in the recognition that we are Europeans.

But my original point was really that I thought Adam Price seemed to think that impeachment was the same as being held in contempt. Blair cannot be impeached because he holds no office.

[Gonnagle]

Dear Forum,

Chilcott inquiry being debated in the HoC as I type this, even the ones who are trying to defend Blair are digging a bigger hole for the man.

Kenneth Clarke, it is not all about Blair, then he goes on to list where Blair went wrong.

Salmond is giving it big licks, rather masterful big licks, we spent 13 times more on bombs than we did in helping to reconstruct the countries we invaded.

Gonnagle.

[Gonnagle]

Dear Forum,

OOPS!! sorry it is a recording from the 13th and 14th of July

Gonnagle.