It's now a couple of weeks since the publication of the Chilcot Report and in spite of the savage condemnation of Blair over his wilful disregard for UN policy, nothing seems to have happened.
Perhaps naively, I felt confident that the morning after publication, I would read that Blair had been arrested and taken into custody but no - the matter seems to be going the way of other crimes by parliamentarians in that the issue just gets further delayed, buried for years possibly and the gullible British public in the end forget about it. In my experience, if such issues are ever mentioned, people seem not to really care as though uttering hackneyed phrases such as 'all politicians are the same' allows us to understand how these things work and our lives just go on as normal.
Well, as a result of one of those online petitions that have found favour with many people, it seems that the Blair matter will require to be debated by MPs in the H of C. I'm afraid I just have this horrible feeling that the bunch of them will close ranks to protect one of their own and the prospect of justice ever being done in the name of the millions who have died in the middle-east and beyond, including our own military personnel, will simply fizzle away. That being the case, it will serve to reinforce my view that we are certainly not, 'all in it together'.
Here is the link to the Forces TV piece:
http://www.forces.tv/48777647
Tom
Perhaps naively, I felt confident that the morning after publication, I would read that Blair had been arrested and taken into custody but no - the matter seems to be going the way of other crimes by parliamentarians in that the issue just gets further delayed, buried for years possibly and the gullible British public in the end forget about it. In my experience, if such issues are ever mentioned, people seem not to really care as though uttering hackneyed phrases such as 'all politicians are the same' allows us to understand how these things work and our lives just go on as normal.
Well, as a result of one of those online petitions that have found favour with many people, it seems that the Blair matter will require to be debated by MPs in the H of C. I'm afraid I just have this horrible feeling that the bunch of them will close ranks to protect one of their own and the prospect of justice ever being done in the name of the millions who have died in the middle-east and beyond, including our own military personnel, will simply fizzle away. That being the case, it will serve to reinforce my view that we are certainly not, 'all in it together'.
Here is the link to the Forces TV piece:
http://www.forces.tv/48777647
Tom
