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Published on: 14 July 2016

Written by: Geoffrey Bindman All articles by Geoffrey Bindman

The past 13 years have seen successive calls for former UK premier Tony Blair to be prosecuted for his part in the Iraq war. Has the Chilcot Report strengthened the potential legal case against him?
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Published on: 18 November 2013

Written by: David Owen All articles by David Owen

Sir Jeremy Heywood was Principal Private Secretary to Tony Blair; he must not be the man to decide which conversations are to be made public at the Chilcot enquiry. Here is David Owen's full letter to David Cameron with accompanying note.

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