Will Brown’s election chances be Chilcot’s premier victim?

mitch

Im still waiting for his "vision".

pete-s

So far I have not heard much about Brown at the inquiry. However, during Bliars evidence there was a mention about a people getting anxious when no definitive legal war opinion had been given by Goldsmith. What was then said was, the CDS AND a Treasury lawyer were interested. Upto that point no mention of a Treasury lawyer had been made. I wonder who told this lawyer to poke his nose into what was going on. Surely not Mccavity Brown, behind the scenes not wanting to be accused of funding an illegal war.

SD

I think the Treasury Solicitor is a title held by one of the government's legal advisers rather than an employee at the command of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

sinosimon

so suddenly this chosen panel will grow teeth when brown appears....? the ethnic clown enobled under blair.....the sycophant who praised blair and said he would be a titan in the history books.......this sad pretence of an investigation will subside in front of brown's avalanche of lies. brown should be in a sanatorium, the too terrible to confront fact is that the cabal who claim to rule us know this.....and cling desperately on.....we should be able to hang them all for the treason they force upon us......and this is no rhetoric....they commit treason every day they keep this maniac in power.

Ronnie

For God's sake David! What election chances?

Paddy

Brown will send them all to sleep!

annoyed at the lot of them

Who cares who did what or how much tony is a war criminal. The fact is that the Government of the United Kingdom went to war in a foreign country and the man who controlled the purse strings did not provide the right funding for the troops and their equipment. Think about that for a few seconds: the fact that we were there in the first place should have made the government provide for the military. Getting men and women killed and maimed due to lack of equipment, caused by lack of spending, is dire.

Moraymint

" ... voters and commentators may not comprehend the subtleties of deficits ..."

As Wat Tyler points out over at Burning Our Money, "... to correct our deficit with spending cuts will require cuts not of 10-15%, but something closer to 20% - call it £130bn - £150bn ...".

£150 billion is not subtle. And yet, yes, I agree ... even now it seems that remarkably few commentators and voters have twigged the unsubtle significance of having to lose £150 billion from state spending.

Small wonder we're going to see civil unrest when the realities of all this eventually start to hit voters where it hurts. From the second half of 2010 onwards is my guess, with 2011 being a busy year for the riot police, methinks.

In2minds

If Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Uncle Tom Cobley and all get to perform for Chilcot but not Peter Mandelson will he feel left out and upset?

saddo

Fraser, any truth that your lobby pass has been removed? If so why so, and if its as is said on the web, its a scandel that needs exposing

Sacre Bleu

Just may be - If Brown gets cornered by Chilcot and throws one of his celebrated wobblies he will dish the dirt on Blair. He will never accept that was his fault or that he had played any part in the project. Fingers crossed.

strapworld

Tory lead down to 9 points tonight!!

I do not know who these poll people are talking to, but I smell a rat!

James

What I cannot comprehend is how 30+% of the UK population is considering voting for Gordon Brown and his party. What planet are these alleged voters on? What, over the last 13 years of economic mismanagement; creation of myriad unnecessary laws; politicisation of the civil service; war (whether illegal or not); social breakdown; increase in poverty; increase in gap between rich and poor; subjugation of cabinet and Parliament etc. the list is almost endless. How could any reasonable person consider voting for this excuse for a Government? Why aren't the Tories making more of this? They should be shouting it from the rooftops. Come on, for God's sake spell it out to the public exactly what the last 13 years of labour rule actually mean to the ordinary man and women on the street. People are ready to listen - have the balls to actually say it.

Disillusioned

Off-topic, but here is a chart of debt to GDP from McKinsey Quarterly. UK increase of 156% to lead the developed world:
http://www.businessinsider.com/check-out-the-breathtaking-speed-at-which-countries-are-headed-to-the-debt-crisis-abyss-2010-2

yarnefromhorsham

James - welcome to the club. Could sosmebody please nudge Dave 0r better still call in Davis, Clarke, and Redwood.

Bloody Bill Brock

After Ms Shorts comments which must help Brown it is unlikely he will be damaged.This is unfortunate as Cameron needs all the help he can get. In the scheme of things, Brown has had plenty of kickings but Cameron still contrives to look inadequate.