Blair: truth and lies

[Barman]

Excellent piece in The Guardian...

As Tony Blair appears at the Iraq war inquiry, a raft of evidence suggests he misled parliament, the public and the press

Did Tony Blair tell the truth about Iraq? Or did he deceive us? As the nation prepares for the former prime minister's testimony at the Iraq inquiry, one ex-adviser to Blair tells the New Statesman this week: "There is a little bit of rhetorical exaggeration in what Tony said at the time, though he always believed that there were WMD in Iraq, as did I, so it was exaggeration rather than lying."

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Ten lies highlighted in the story - well worth a read.... 

[Uncle Mort]

Watching Tony Blair on the Andrew Marr show. He's looking a bit old, pasty and a touch unwell. GOOD!

[Barman]

Watching Tony Blair on the Andrew Marr show. He's looking a bit old, pasty and a touch unwell. GOOD!

 

[Darwins Selection]

Watching Tony Blair on the Andrew Marr show. He's looking a bit old, pasty and a touch unwell. GOOD!

Should we start writing bits for his obituary yet?

[Barman]

Watching Tony Blair on the Andrew Marr show. He's looking a bit old, pasty and a touch unwell. GOOD!

Should we start writing bits for his obituary yet?

Get the signs out! 

[Darwins Selection]

Watching Tony Blair on the Andrew Marr show. He's looking a bit old, pasty and a touch unwell. GOOD!

Should we start writing bits for his obituary yet?

Get the signs out! 

[Barman]

Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc'-ra-cy) - A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of achieving, and where the members of society least likely to succeed or even to sustain themselves, are abundantly rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.