30 Nov 09 No Comments

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

Troop increases – untangling the 'presentational' matters

The Prime Minister has decided to go ahead with formally announcing the long-expected 500 extra troops for Afghanistan today.

Northern Ireland: strong words ahead

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.

Salmond was not the only one pushing for a Scottish referendum

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

25 Nov 09 8 Comments

The Iraq inquiry is light on documents. Here's why

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.

Darling: Lloyds' directors knew about secret loans

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.

24 Nov 09 3 Comments

Iraq inquiry light on documents

Channel 4 News Political correspondent Gary Gibbon says the Iraq Inquiry so far has not unearthed as many documents as the Hutton Inquiry did.

Iraq inquiry WILL consider the legality of the war

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.

Waiting, in a tiny room, for the Iraq inquiry

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.

Decoding Mandelson on Europe

Peter Mandelson’s piece in the Financial Times today is a veiled warning to EU Commission boss Manuel Barroso.

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