Friday, January 29/2010

BBC World carries live the Chilcot Iraq inquiry today as Tony Blair testifies. And then it rains, so I get drawn in and watch pretty much the whole six hours. J waits for a weather break and heads to the beach for a walk (and I to the internet, passing a dead rat on the way back, outside the new restaurant that opened last year). But it's on until 7, given the time change.

Gives rise to images of Blair at confession:

Bless me Father for I have, I have...yes, well it's impportant for you to understand what a very difficult time it's been, and of course there are things that seem clear in hindsight that just weren't the chief concern when I...no, of course I did have plans, there was a great deal of planning...it's just that in the event the things I planned for were not the same as the ones that transpired. Could I have planned better? Well no, I genuinely believe that I planned extremely well - it's just that wicked people came and spoiled my plans. A firm purpose of amendment? No, if I had it all to do again I wouldn't change a thing.