How many more lies?

I make no excuses for continuing to bang on with this Iraq/Tony lied theme. The Independent carries another story this morning which appears to confirm that Tony lied, not only to you and me but also to his own colleagues in the cabinet.

Politicians’ lying to their electorate isn’t really a story - it’s always happened. But to show such flagrant disregard for the very people you are supposed to govern with must be a new level of arrogance. What has really made me cross is that the newspaper reviewer on Sky News has dismissed the story in such an off-hand manner. “The Independent are like a dog with a bone on this matter” was the comment as if they should drop it and move on. Well excuse me but just because a story is old doesn’t mean we should forget it? Did anyone say on Auschwitz Day recently ‘well they should stop moaning about the holocaust, it was years ago’? I don’t think so. If something is wrong it’s wrong. The timescales are immaterial.

The biggest, most difficult, and certainly the most serious decision any leader can make is to begin a war. To sacrifice lives. The lives of people who have volunteered to defend the country they grew up in and love. If the foundations of that war are then proven to be hollow lies, the leader involved must be held to account. It’s that simple. Isn’t it?