Blair did lie

Ok I know we all know that Blair lied about the war but it's good fun to keep reminding ourselves. It's also nice to see someone flatly contradicting that serial buffoon, David Aaronovitch:

By ignoring the ways in which the intelligence information leading up to the war against Iraq was manipulated and changed, David Aaronovitch's attempt to exonerate Tony Blair from the charge of dishonesty (Comment, last week) can hold no water.

Information which undermined the case for war was left out of the September 2002 dossier, caveats were ignored and the doubts turned into certainties. 'No solid evidence' became 'established beyond doubt'.

For politicians to do this in order to persuade Parliament and the country of the need to go to war is unforgivable.
David Simmonds
Epping, Essex

Funny how Essex men get such a bad press. We're really rather nice.