A certain minority on this site supported the Iraq war authorization - Jeremy Corbyn did not.

[JackRiddler]

46. And here we go, the worm is turning... on Blair.

Corbyn has stood fast against the neoliberal/Blairite coup attempt. No one from the parliamentary faction has emerged to actually challenge him for leadership, because what the outcome would be is obvious.

Chilcot is just three days away. Here's how that coverage is shaping up:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141507739

Tony Blair may face impeachment on release of Chilcot report

Source: The Guardian

Salmond, the former Scottish first minister, said there “has to be a judicial or political reckoning” for Blair’s role in the Iraq conflict. “He seemed puzzled as to why Jeremy Corbyn thinks he is a war criminal, why people don’t like him,” he told Sky News.

“The reason is 179 British war dead, 150,000 immediate dead from the Iraq conflict, the Middle East in flames, the world faced with an existential crisis on terrorism – these are just some of the reasons perhaps he should understand why people don’t hold him in the highest regard...

“believe you cannot have a situation where this country blunders into an illegal war with the appalling consequences and at the end of the day there isn’t a reckoning. There has to be a judicial or political reckoning for that.”

John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, did not disagree with the suggestion that he and Corbyn were going to “crucify” the former leader for “being a war criminal”.

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