Naz Massoumi

Counterfire

The one thing you couldn’t accuse Tony Blair of -as he crawled out of his dark hole back in January to face the Iraq War Inquiry- was missing an opportunity.

With Chilcott’s level of scrutiny looking like a cosy chat next to his oddly strenuous Fern Britton interview, Blair seized the moment to spell out precisely where he thought the wind should be blowing next: Iran. He restated this fact 58 times in case anyone missed it.

Read more