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"Tony Blair has hinted he could reject the findings of the Chilcot inquiry"

"Tony Blair has hinted he could reject the findings of the Chilcot inquiry" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tony-blair-hints-he-could-reject-chilcot-inquiry-findings-and-looks-forward-to-debate-a7054946.html Tony Blair could reject the findings of the Chilcot inquiry if it attempts to dispute his position in the build-up to the 2003 Iraq war "Tony Blair has hinted he could reject the findings of the Chilcot inquiry" As this arrogant individual fails to answer (again) the question put to him by Marr, the image of a man sitting in a chair as the incoming waves lap around his feet, comes to mind. It cannot be too long before this warmongering hypocrite and liar is called to account, regardless of whether he "rejects the findings" or not. As this arrogant individual fails to answer (again) the question put to him by Marr, the image of a man sitting in a chair as the incoming waves lap around his feet, comes to mind. It cannot b...

The media are scrapping the barrel looking for "smears"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-compares-actions-of-isis-to-us-military-and-says-some-of-what-they-have-done-is-quite-appalling-10464596.html Jeremy Corbyn compares actions of Isis to US military and says 'some of what they have done is quite appalling' Jeremy Corbyn addressing another packed meeting The media, this time the Independent", are really scrapping the barrel as they leap onto the anti Corbyn bandwagon with another distorted smear. What Corbyn actually said was:  "Yes they (ISIS) are brutal, yes some of what they have done is quite appalling. Likewise, what the Americans did in Fallujah and other places is appalling". He is absolutely right,what happened in Fallujah was appalling and ISIS are brutal. Why the media should be so aroused by someone speaking the truth has more to do with their hypocrisy in reporting "news"designed to smear Corbyn (again) than with any sense, however misguide...

A conspiracy to prevent publication of the Chilcott Inquiry Report?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chilcot-report-into-the-iraq-war-unlikely-to-be-published-for-another-year-10318410.html Chilcot report into the Iraq war 'unlikely to be published for another year' Report "unlikely to be published for another year at least"   This is the Headline from the Guardian of 26th June 2014.  "Chilcot report into 2003 Iraq conflict delayed further  Due to have been published three years ago, the Chilcot report now threatens to haunt UK politics ahead of the 2015 election"  Now, 14th June 2015, some 12 months on, it is announced that the Chilcot report into the Iraq war 'unlikely to be published for another year' and that David Cameron is under pressure to scrap the inquiry. This is outrageous and the stench of conspiracy becomes even more odious. Chilcott and his 6 year long "independent" inquiry has been effectively blocked by those individuals and organisatio...

A Price too high.

  http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/10/david-miliband-labour-has-turned-the-page-backwards David Miliband:Labour needs to return to the winning policies pursued under Tony Blair. Hero worship According to Miliband Major and some others of his persuasion, the road to electoral success is a need "to return to the winning policies pursued under Tony Blair". Perhaps people will remember Tony Blair. Electoral success at the cost of years of deceipt, hypocrisy and duplicity. The lies and complicity with George W.Bush which took this country to war and cost the lives of hundreds of thousands in Iraq and almost 200 UK service personnel amongst the 5000 Coalition troops ki lled. The years which witnessed the widening gap between the rich and the poor in this country. The growth of corporate power in the United Kingdom and beyond where the customers of the multi nationals and those people employed by them exploited in the pursuit of more and hig...

Coming out of the woodwork.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/john-prescott-links-tony-bl-airs-invasion-of-iraq-with-radicalisation-of-young-muslims-10108322.html   John Prescott links Tony Blair's Iraq invasion with radicalisation of young Muslims Former deputy PM  believes the 2003 invasion of Iraq was 'wrong'   How strange and sad that the politicians (and others) now crawling out of the wood work to criticise Blair and the other warmongers for their illegal wars in Iraq and Libya and the folly of the Afghanistan invasion, have taken so long to speak out publicly. Had they had the backbone to take a stand against Blair and Bush and stay out of American interventions at the time, then perhaps this country would have been spared the consequences of these wars and many families in the United Kingdom would have been spared the trauma of losing loved ones in the pointless and futile conflicts.    Even at the time, there was substantial public o...

An unacceptable delay.

The inquiry completed its public hearings in 2011 Sir John Chilcot opened his two-year inquiry in 2009 There are a number of examples, particularly over recent years, where issues of great interest or even concern to the public, have been ignored, delayed or even stopped from investigation (as was the case of the BAE Systems involvement in bribery and corruption in Saudi Arabia). The badly worn clichés of "not in the public interest" or insufficient evidence", have been trotted out by the "authorities" as if in some way these weasel words will pacify people into accepting the government or the DPP or who ever know best and we should not press the matter further. We all know however, that the reasons for delay or abandonment of investigations into these matters, is usually more to do with avoidance of possible exposure or embarrassment for government or individuals, than with informing the public of facts. The Hillsborough investigation is perhaps t...

Delay, prevarication and cover up.

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chilcot-inquiry-into-iraq-war-will-not-report-before-election-9991412.html Chilcot Inquiry into Iraq war will 'not report before election'   There are many people involved (a) with the decision to take this country to war, (b) the "conspiracy" between politicians to manufacture justification for intervention in Iraq, (c) the disputes between the intelligence services of the United States and the united Kingdom and (c) the prevarication and delays in publication. Too many people with too much to hide creating seemingly endless delay in order to prevent disclosure of themselves and their part in illegal war. The report may be published "after the election", but personally I believe that further means will be found to prevent the findings coming into the public domain

A conspiracy to pervert the course of justice?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chilcot-inquiry-conversations-between-george-bush-and-tony-blair-will-never-be-made-public-9456326.html Chilcot Inquiry: Conversations between George Bush and Tony Blair will never be made public A grubby little cover up   The conspiracy to enter into war, has recruited new members with a grubby little deal to cover up evidence and conceal the truth. In any other circumstances, this would be a case of "conspiracy to pervert the course of justice".   Bush and Blair; Shoulder to shoulder The Cabinet Office has decreed that disclosure of the full text of documents would be detrimental to United States/United Kingdom relations and could endanger the "Special Relationship"(a relationship which in fact only exists in the imagination of many British politicians). It is intolerable that un elected and un accountable civil servants are able to thwart and disrupt a legal enquiry and protect former p...

Chilcot Report delayed (again) this time by American obstruction

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exclusive-us-blocks-publication-of-chilcots-report-on-how-britain-went-to-war-with-iraq-8937772.html US blocks publication of Chilcot’s report on how Britain went to war with Iraq    George Bush with Tony Blair   This is outrageous. The Americans already have an totally unhealthy influence on British politics and on "our" foreign policy. To now allow a conspiracy by the pro Blair/Bush camp, still dominant in the UK and in the States, to stifle and suppress a British judicial report into how and why this country went to war in Iraq, demonstrates the extent to which our government and its duplicitous politicians are totally dominated by and subservient to America and the American State department. The arrogance of America in its attitude towards and treatment of other nations, has for many years been breathtaking. They clearly consider themselves to have some divine right to dictate to any other na...

Pope Blair the First ?

  http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/24/tony-blair-pain-mediator  Tony Blair: 'I am good at absorbing others' pain' Tony Blair A Blair quote which speaks volumes for the mental state of this warmongering megalomaniac. He now sees himself as some form of deity as well as all the other incarnations he has assumed over the years. Perhaps we may even see a "Pope Blair 1st" in the future.

Tony Blair: More neo-con than the neo-cons.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/10/tony-blair-iraq-bush-meyer_n_2848780.html?utm_hp_ref=uk More evangelical than the American Christian Right. Tony Blair and George Bush   "With his Manichean, black and white view of the world, Mr Blair was in his way more neo-con than the neo-cons, more evangelical than the American Christian Right. From this flowed Britain's contribution to the mistakes made before and after the Iraq invasion, despite repeated warnings from the Foreign Office and the Washington embassy."  (Sir Christopher Meyer, Britain's ambassador to Washington between 1997 and 2003.) The evidence against Blair, (and Bush) mounts. The ICC has given lengthy prison terms to people for far less than these two criminals conspired to carry out in Iraq. Blair fabricated "justification" for the invasion and lied to the House of Commons to secure parliamentary support for an illegal war. That is a crime in itself. The un-necessary...

Tony Blair looking for another intervention.

Blair: No planning could have prepared us for Iraq.    Blair: there is "a case for" arming opposition fighters in Syria Blair did an interview with Mark Austen on ITN last night. Blair is still lying about the war in Iraq, still in denial about the situation in Iraq today and now he wants to intervene in Syria. He may be a catholic, he may have a good education, he may once have been the Prime Minister of this country but none of that prevents him from being a dangerous, war mongering megalomaniac who should be facing war crimes charges.  The interview (part) can be viewed at:   http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-03-09/tony-blair-no-planning-could-have-prepared-us-for-iraq/

Conspiracy leading to an illegal war.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics Tony Blair blocked the Government's most senior lawyer from explaining to Cabinet the legality of the war in Iraq. According to his former spin doctor, the then Prime Minister feared that the legal opinion was too "nuanced" and would allow the war's ministerial critics Robin Cook and Clare Short to say that the case had not been made. Now that Campbell has admitted what many of us had known or suspected for years, will the lying hypocrite Blair finally be exposed as the Bush puppet and war criminal that he is?