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BEREAVED families threatened John Chilcot with legal action yesterday after he once again defied calls to set a publication date for his report into the Iraq war.
Mr Chilcot, who is heading the Iraq war inquiry, said he understood the “anguish” of those who lost loved ones in the conflict, but argued that the probe was “unprecedented” in its scope.
He also defended the controversial Maxwellisation process, whereby those facing criticism in the report are invited to respond prior to its conclusions being published.
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
Just as the Chilcot inquiry eventually exposed government failings over the Iraq war, a full independent investigation into British complicity in Israeli war crimes has become inevitable — despite official obstruction, writes JEREMY CORBYN MP