Blair Chilcot Iraq

I heard some of the 6 hour long interview with Blair at the inquiry and whether you buy his analysis or question his decision making, he came across as a polished performer still - a real class act. He probably asked more questions than he answered, great use of deflection that. It also reminds us what a slick performer we lost when he stepped down, to be replaced by the hapless Brown.

I do feel for the people who turned up who has lost children in the conflict - they wanted much more context to their loss. Blair perhaps rightly put it across as a dispassionate decision - maybe as a Prime Minister should. But you can see the unfairness he walks away having staked nothing and benefited immensely where the soldier's families will always have lost someone.