Blair criticised by top civil servant for keeping Iraq legal advice from Cabinet
January 31, 2011 Ian Shires No Comments

By Mark Pack | Published on Liberal Democrat Voice, 29th January 2011 – 10:55 am

The Guardian reports:

The country’s most senior civil servant … said the cabinet should have been told of the attorney general’s doubts about the legality of invading Iraq before Tony Blair went to war.

“The ministerial code is very clear about the need, when the attorney general gives written advice, the full text of that advice should be attached [to cabinet papers]“, Sir Gus O’Donnell told the Iraq inquiry.

The clear implication of his evidence is that Blair breached the code of conduct ministers have a duty to uphold.

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