Two matters caught my eye last weekend which I would like to share with readers of this blog.
The first was the announcement that former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, will give evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry on January 29th 2010. In particular, the former PM will face questions about his government’s use of intelligence which was later found to be flawed.
This blog is, of course, strictly apolitical, but the announcement that Tony Blair is to become only the third PM and the first Labour PM in modern times to face a public inquiry (Margaret Thatcher gave evidence to the Franks Inquiry set up after the Falklands War and Edward Heath gave evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry) is certainly noteworthy and caused me to recall the debacle over weapons of mass destruction, as to which see more below.