Proceeding contribution from Malcolm Rifkind (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 October 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Iraq.

Iraq

The Prime Minister seeks to equate himself with Mr. Gladstone—[Interruption.] ... Is the—[Interruption.] ... Is the Prime Minister aware that it was said of Mr. Gladstone that he could convince most people of most things and himself of almost anything? As the Prime Minister was the second most powerful member of Tony Blair's Government and one of the few people who could have stopped this country going to war, and as the result of not doing so there have been more than 100,000 Iraqis dead and more than 2 million who have fled their country, will he now accept his share of personal responsibility for what has been the greatest error in British foreign policy in recent times?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 464 c30
Session: 2006-07
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Armed forces Army Deployment Civilians Armoured fighting vehicles Immigration Iraq International cooperation Internet Economic situation Police Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Training Security Israel Palestine Middle East Reconstruction Peace negotiations al Qaeda Basra Resettlement
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Iraq

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