Iraq equiry

So the Government has won and the motion tabled calling for a new inquiry into the Iraq War has been defeated.

Not that it really matters. Had the motion of passed and an inquiry held, it wouldn’t of criticised the Government. Just look at the Hutton Report.

It's always good however when the Government fears defeat. All kinds of reasons come out to try and convince MPs to vote with the Government. This times came from the Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, who said it was the wrong time for an inquiry as “our words... will be heard a very long way away. They can be heard by our troops who are already in great danger in Iraq".

I know if I was in Iraq I would like to know why 3 years after the war had supposedly ended I was still in danger.

One thing is certain, the issue of Iraq is not going to die down and with this motion being defeated, calls for an inquiry will continue.