A cross-party group of MPs will make a fresh effort to hold Tony Blair to account for allegedly misleading parliament and the public over the Iraq war. Salmond said some MPs believe that senior civil servants were “preoccupied with preventing previous and future prime ministers being held accountable”. Chilcot confirmed Tony Blair lied to the public, parliament and to his own cabinet in order to drag us into war Caroline Lucas MPLucas said: “The Chilcot report confirmed Tony Blair lied to the public, parliament and his own cabinet in order to drag us into the Iraq war. But, privately, his supporters say similar motions have been tabled before without gaining significant traction among MPs. They said that Chilcot rejected allegations that Blair said one thing in public and another in private.

Source: The Guardian November 26, 2016 21:00 UTC