Iraq inquiry: Manning's insider account of Crawford summit
Sir David Manning gives the Iraq inquiry the first insider’s account of the infamous Crawford Texas summit of April 2002 where Tony Blair and George Bush are supposed to have signed up to go
Sir David Manning gives the Iraq inquiry the first insider’s account of the infamous Crawford Texas summit of April 2002 where Tony Blair and George Bush are supposed to have signed up to go
The Prime Minister has decided to go ahead with formally announcing the long-expected 500 extra troops for Afghanistan today.
There could be strong words tonight from the Irish Prime Minister and Gordon Brown as they try to get the Northern Ireland parties talking to each other again.
Two Cabinet ministers made a modest push within government to have a referendum on Scottish independence on the same day as the general election – but have accepted they won’t ge their
Most of the damage done to the government in the Hutton inquiry came from the documents, memos, emails, draft diaries, government papers, that poured out every day.
The Chancellor’s statement to the Commons has calmed down the secret bank loans story, although Alistair Darling was summoned to speak by an increasingly active Speaker.
Channel 4 News Political correspondent Gary Gibbon says the Iraq Inquiry so far has not unearthed as many documents as the Hutton Inquiry did.
Sir John Chilcot insisted he would be passing judgement on the legality of war but wouldn’t come to all that till the 2010 sessions.
Unlike the Hutton inquiry when documents poured out of government every day the opening taster at the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war is discouraging.
Peter Mandelson’s piece in the Financial Times today is a veiled warning to EU Commission boss Manuel Barroso.