Reflections on the Iraq War on the eve of Chilcot
In 2003 David Blunkett, Michael Howard & Menzies Campbell were senior MPs who helped shape the debate over whether to invade Iraq. Lord Blunkett was part of Tony Blair's war cabinet, Lord Howard was the shadow chancellor and Lord Campbell voiced the Liberal Democrats' opposition to war as the party's foreign affairs spokesman. Now, in the days ahead of publication of the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War, the Westminster Hour brought the three grandees together to describe how events unfolded in the days before war broke out. They spoke to Carolyn Quinn about Robin Cook's resignation, the debate in parliament and the early days of war - and their reflections thirteen years on.
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