Gordon Brown to face Iraq war inquiry before election
January 22, 2010
It is looking likely that Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be called to give evidence on the Iraq war before the country goes to the polls. Initially he was expected to talk to the Chilcot Inquiry after the upcoming general election but leaders of the opposition parties have said that Mr. Brown should give evidence as soon as possible. The Prime Minister was Chancellor of the Exchequer when Britain sent troops into Iraq. It is understood that he has written to Sir John Chilcot who is chairing the Iraq inquiry saying that he is prepared to give evidence whenever the inquiry deems it necessary. In the letter he wrote that he totally respected that fact that the investigations into the Iraq war should remain independent of the government and that he would happily take the inquiries advice on the evidence they wished him to present.
Both Nick Clegg, leader of the liberal democrats and William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary have said that Mr. Brown should be required to give evidence about his role in the war to the public before they enter the polling booths. They point out that as the person responsible for funding the Ministry of Defence he had a key role to play in the decisions which led up to the invasion as well as how the war was consequently run. It is believed that Mr. Brown could be called as early as next month. Although no date has officially been set for a General Election it has to be before the middle of June this year.
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