Friday, January 21/2011

Tony Blair testifies again for the Chilcot Inquiry. Not easy to hear as the inquiry is carried on BBC World tv and the sound quality at the Sunflower is quite poor, although only on this chanel. Perhaps just as well, as it's maddening seeing the patronising way in which he dismisses the concerns of Lord Goldsmith, attorney general at the time, who needed considerable persuading to see it Blair's way. Blair is careful always to refer to him as Peter, thereby establishing Lord G as both an intimate and not quite an adult. This according, actually, with Lord G's own account of being shut out of the process. And, most worryingly, Blair finishes with a quite unsolicited suggestion that aggressive action may have to be taken against Iran. Stay tuned.