I have just added my tuppenceworth to the suggestions for questions to be asked of our former PM when he appears before the Chilcott Inquiry.

Although there are many I would like answered,  the one I hear least concerns the impact of the US and the UK taking what amounted to pre-emptive military action, without the support of the UN, or even NATO. The question I have suggested to the Inquiry is therefore:

How do you justify the damage your decision to take Britain to war has done to the process of international diplomacy, and Britain’s reputation? What weight did you put on this consideration before you decided to mislead parliament in order to win the vote on 18th March 2003? As John Denham said on that day the decision to take pre-emptive action, without the support of our international partners “…will turn many parts of the world against us, undermine friendly Governments, fuel terrorism and those who will join it in the future, and make it more difficult to sustain international action against common problems.” Do you not agree that his points have been shown to be very prescient?

I would urge everyone to use the 38 Degrees website  to put their own question, and to encourage the inquiry team not to let our former PM off the hook