Will Tony Blair lose in the Commons over calls for an inquiry into the Iraq war? It appears that he might as the Tories, the Liberal Democrats and up to forty Labour rebels are suggesting that they may support a motion put forward by the Scottish Nationalist Party and Plaid Cymru.
What would it mean if he does? Well for one thing it would entail the setting up of a commission similar to the Franks report into the Falklands War. Other than that it wouldn't be a comfortable situation for either Blair or Brown and could add to the ascendancy of Cameron's (New) Tories.
I also wonder what the last motion put forward by either the SNP or Plaid Cymru to pass was. That of course assumes there has been such a motion before!
What would it mean if he does? Well for one thing it would entail the setting up of a commission similar to the Franks report into the Falklands War. Other than that it wouldn't be a comfortable situation for either Blair or Brown and could add to the ascendancy of Cameron's (New) Tories.
I also wonder what the last motion put forward by either the SNP or Plaid Cymru to pass was. That of course assumes there has been such a motion before!
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I've just posted the names of the 12 Labour MPs who voted against the SNP/Plaid motion which was almost identical to the Early Day Motion (1088) which these same 12 Labour MPs signed. If they. along with other co-signatories had voted No yesterday (fine chance of their parliamentary voting record matching their public posturing) then Blair would have been defeated (unlikely to have resigned) but a House of Commons Select Committee could have started the process of investigating Suez II aka the Iraq invasion.
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