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John Prescott: Ex-deputy PM says Iraq War was illegal
Source: BBC
John Prescott: Ex-deputy PM says Iraq War was illegal
9 July 2016 UK Politics
John Prescott, who was deputy prime minister when Britain went to war with Iraq in 2003, says the invasion by UK and US forces was "illegal".
Writing in the Sunday Mirror, he said he would live with the "catastrophic decision" for the rest of his life.
Lord Prescott said he now agreed "with great sadness and anger" with former UN secretary general Kofi Annan that the war was illegal.
He also praised Labour's Jeremy Corbyn for apologising on the party's behalf.
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9 July 2016 UK Politics
John Prescott, who was deputy prime minister when Britain went to war with Iraq in 2003, says the invasion by UK and US forces was "illegal".
Writing in the Sunday Mirror, he said he would live with the "catastrophic decision" for the rest of his life.
Lord Prescott said he now agreed "with great sadness and anger" with former UN secretary general Kofi Annan that the war was illegal.
He also praised Labour's Jeremy Corbyn for apologising on the party's behalf.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36756878
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Source: The Mirror
John Prescott reveals his guilt at the 'illegal' Iraq War will haunt him for the rest of his life
21:30, 9 JUL 2016
OPINION BY JOHN PRESCOTT
On Wednesday we finally saw the Chilcot Report .
It was a damning indictment of how the Blair Government handled the war – and I take my fair share of blame.
As the Deputy Prime Minister in that Government I must express my fullest apology, especially to the families of the 179 men and women who gave their lives in the Iraq War.
Chilcot went into great detail as to what went wrong. But I want to identify certain lessons we must learn to prevent this tragedy being repeated.
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21:30, 9 JUL 2016
OPINION BY JOHN PRESCOTT
On Wednesday we finally saw the Chilcot Report .
It was a damning indictment of how the Blair Government handled the war – and I take my fair share of blame.
As the Deputy Prime Minister in that Government I must express my fullest apology, especially to the families of the 179 men and women who gave their lives in the Iraq War.
Chilcot went into great detail as to what went wrong. But I want to identify certain lessons we must learn to prevent this tragedy being repeated.
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Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/john-prescott-reveals-guilt-illegal-8387319
