tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post2399664311785880182..comments2023-08-10T12:55:23.427+01:00Comments on SUBROSA: Gordon Brown is to Appear at Iraq Inquiry Before Electionsubrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-68447967240864970992010-01-22T21:13:34.166+00:002010-01-22T21:13:34.166+00:00I saw the afternoon with Straw. His mocked the in...I saw the afternoon with Straw. His mocked the inquiry. His 'memorandum' was his bible and he stuck with it.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-30628934922279229602010-01-22T17:51:04.174+00:002010-01-22T17:51:04.174+00:00Didn't see Straw but in my opinion Campbell al...Didn't see Straw but in my opinion Campbell almost bullied the old buffers asking the questions.<br /><br />Someone suggested we should have deputised Paxman to serve on Chillcot. Not a bad idea.Strathturrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824645626620377993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-58852829933278070552010-01-22T11:34:13.305+00:002010-01-22T11:34:13.305+00:00The standard of questioning was pathetic yesterday...The standard of questioning was pathetic yesterday afternoon Clarinda. No wonder Straw sat there grinning as he was having all his questions answered for him.<br /><br />Yes I fear that is so. An appropriate post perhaps for the mess they've made in Afghanistan where our troops haven't known their objectives for months now and are working to orders well out of date.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-28786689123668249412010-01-22T11:31:21.332+00:002010-01-22T11:31:21.332+00:00Aye I would think so Strathturret, so May it is an...Aye I would think so Strathturret, so May it is and he'll be taken within the next 3 weeks I think to get it over and done with.<br /><br />Quite strange isn't it, that Brown has continued to say the decision he attended after the election was Chilcot's and yet, as soon as he offers, Chilcot has a reply back to him in a day.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-39123874133560175932010-01-22T11:29:30.641+00:002010-01-22T11:29:30.641+00:00Cato, dare I say that the taking of the oath would...Cato, dare I say that the taking of the oath wouldn't make the slightest difference to any one of them. They don't know the difference between truth and lies.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-88559122123861390232010-01-22T10:03:11.781+00:002010-01-22T10:03:11.781+00:00"A time will come when a politician who has w..."A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own."<br />H.G. Wells<br /><br />Having listened to some remarkably wishy-washy questioning and then yesterday to hear one member of the enquiry ask Mr Straw a good question; answer it himself with a pathetic rationale, then ask Mr Straw if he agreed - which Mr Straw did - readily, there is no hope of 'getting at the truth'. <br /><br />I suspect Mr Brown has no fear of this enquiry having confirmed it's buckets remain full of whitewash. H.G. Wells' quote will have to wait for another day.Clarindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189996558442989039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-82572367506936484972010-01-22T09:30:41.470+00:002010-01-22T09:30:41.470+00:00Odds on a late GE then. To allow us to forget Chi...Odds on a late GE then. To allow us to forget Chillot enquiry. And economy is improving slightly?Strathturrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824645626620377993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-73375942188164824722010-01-22T07:12:01.327+00:002010-01-22T07:12:01.327+00:00It'll be a rerun of PMQs with Brown evading th...It'll be a rerun of PMQs with Brown evading the questions and answering points that he hasn't been asked about.<br /><br />What a shame that it's not a judicial enquiry where he'd have to take the oath.Catosayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02885445175868379750noreply@blogger.com