Tick, tick, tick … there’s only an hour or so to go before Brown’s appearance in front of the Chilcot Inquiry. And, athough I generally feel that this whole process is a waste of time, effort and newsprint, there’s still something grimly fascinating about today’s proceedings. Brown has, after all, always tended to keep a low profile when it comes to Iraq. Let’s see whether Chilcot & Co. can trudge their way through the murk of tractor statistics and other obfuscations.
We all know, broadly, what they’ll be asking. How did Brown feel about the Iraq War? And did he, as Chancellor, provide enough money for it? In which case, there’s a sense that Brown has set himself up for a fall today. Sure, he’s not going to admit to either disagreeing with the War, or to underfunding the military.
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