Myself and @ChocolateMice have regularly posted about the Irish counter revolution here.
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When does it start?
Bar counter revolution I’d say
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Where Britain leads, Ireland will follow
unreal, unbelievable, I just spotted who else but Tywin Lannister delivering an oration at Thiepval today on the BBC evening news just now
Ooooft.
This Chilcot report is dynamite, Blair is getting an absolute pummelling.
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From the Guardian who must be feeling very conflicted today. Their Liberal stance versus their Tony love.
Sir John Chilcot has delivered a devastating critique of Tony Blair’s decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003, with his long-awaited report concluding that Britain chose to join the US invasion before “peaceful options for disarmament” had been exhausted.
The head of the Iraq war inquiry said the UK’s decision to attack and occupy a sovereign state for the first time since the second world war was a decision of “utmost gravity”. He described Iraq’s president, Saddam Hussein, as “undoubtedly a brutal dictator” who had repressed his own people and attacked his neighbours.
But Chilcot – whom Gordon Brown asked seven years ago to head an inquiry into the conflict - was withering about Blair’s choice to join the US invasion. Chilcot said: “We have concluded that the UK chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted. Military action at that time was not a last resort.”
The report suggests that Blair’s self-belief was a major factor in the decision to go to war. In a section headed Lessons, Chilcot writes: “When the potential for military action arises, the government should not commit to a firm political objective before it is clear it can be achieved. Regular reassessment is essential.”
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Jail the hoor
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The UK attorney general of the time comes across as a bit of a simpleton from the report.
The report does not pass judgment on whether the war was legal. But it says the way the legal basis was dealt with before the 20 March invasion was “far from satisfactory”. The attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, should have given “written advice”.
Goldsmith told Blair that war without a second resolution would be illegal, only to change his mind after a trip to Washington in March 2003 and meetings with Bush administration legal officials.
The UK is no more. Lock the thread.
Corbyn laying into Blair now “It was an act of military aggression launched on a false pretext.” No wonder the Blairites wanted rid of him before the report was released.
Hang Blair
is Cherie up to her oxthers in this?
Corbyn was thuggishly heckled by Blairite MP Ian Austin who voted numerous times against an inquiry into the Iraq War, who shouted “sit down and shut up, you’re a disgrace” as he was talking.
The Blairites are utterly seething and making a show of themselves.
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Fotf Jon Snow laid into Blair on Newstalk this morning. I didn’t realise Blair was so widely reviled within the UK.
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Iraq thoroughly destroyed his legacy. He’ll be off to Argentina soon.
Winter is coming for Blair
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He shared rooms with Blair and was cherrys mentor iirc. The ultimate Tony crony. Blair is one evil muthafucka.
Reviled is the word.