I resigned over Iraq. Labour needs to work harder to learn its lessons
Twenty years on, Labour’s discussion of the Iraq War is curious and worrying in equal measure. The disaster…
Iraq War
“I thought the war was wrong”: Parmjit Dhanda on his decision to rebel on Iraq
This piece was originally published on LabourList in March 2013 to mark the ten-year anniversary of the vote…
Gordon Brown on Iraq: We were all misled by the Americans over WMD
This is the latest extract from Gordon Brown’s memoir My Life, Our Times, which is published on Tuesday.…
Blair will have to overcome the legacy of Iraq if he is to be heard on Brexit
One year on from his lengthy report, Sir John Chilcot said he does not believe that Tony Blair…
Corbyn blames foreign wars for terror attacks on British soil
Jeremy Corbyn appears to blame Britain’s foreign wars for attacks on home soil as he returns to the…
MPs defeat SNP bid to launch new inquiry into Blair and Iraq
MPs from the major parties have joined forces to reject calls for a fresh probe into Tony Blair’s…
Tempers rise as MPs debate fresh bid to investigate Blair over Iraq war
Labour backbenchers mounted an impassioned defence of Tony Blair today as the Commons debated a cross-party bid to…
Smith promises “revolution” in party democracy as he criticises New Labour
Owen Smith today strongly criticised the New Labour project which was ultimately “mistaken for the establishment” rather than standing…
Chilcot should not mean we ignore our responsibility to protect
The Chilcot Report, released last week, offers the most comprehensive, evidence-based account ever written of the decisions that…
There will be no triumphalism from the anti-war protesters proved right by Chilcot
The Iraq War was not about hard decisions; it was about bad decisions. The Chilcot Inquiry has clarified…
