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"Tony Blair "very angry" that Prime Minister leaked Hutton Report"

Well, it looks like he got away with it, anyway.

I don't think anybody is too surprised that a Tony Blair appointee didn't find fault with Tony Blair but, still, it's annoying.

Roll on a proper inquiry into Iraq.

My summary of the summary:

Government - Great guys, super people, can I be a Sir and a Lord at the same time?

BBC - Boo hissss!

WMD - Outside my remit.

And, in regard to Light, Lord Hutton made it quite clear that his enquiry was not about the validity of the war and that he had clearly made no judgement in the report about such issue.

What he did comment on was the intelligence relating to the circumstances leading to Kelly's suicide, and he has not faulted that intelligence in the context which the government presented it and assembled it.

Hmmm as I see it...

1)Scenario 1 - Hutton report damns PM. Anti-war people hold up report as vindication.

2)Scenario 2 - Hutton report doesn't damn PM. Anti-war people think it is a fix and want another one.

Either way it is clear that the 45 minute claim was credible, was not made up, and was from true intelligence.

The leak? I'd bet on the the BBC...

However it is quite interesting that many here chose to comment before the full statement by Lord Hutton was read out. Unknown Kerneal and Light both clearly based any comments on the Sun's reporting and not the acutal findings. But, from what I have just heard, it looks like you guys are not the only anti-war people who decided to indulge in some creative writing....

Heh...so how long will it be before we read of someone claiming that the Hutton report, despite being about the death of a scientist and who's fault that was, is a full vindication of the land grab? I give it 8 hours, tops.

I've just read from somewhere else: -

"**** my hat, he's having an absolute whale of a time in the Commons at the minute, he's actually almost started laughing out loud at something to do with the Liberal Democrats spending proposals.

He's already given Michael Howard an absolute beating. You get the feeling he's having a good day."

Why is Tony Blair angry at the report being leaked?

Surely if a provisional report is published to a select few only, then he really must know in this day and age that it's going to be leaked to the press.

As soon as I heard on the radio last night that the report had been handed out - I thought, well that'll be in the papers tomorrow then.

Pathetic.

Well, it looks like he got away with it, anyway.

I don't think anybody is too surprised that a Tony Blair appointee didn't find fault with Tony Blair but, still, it's annoying.

Roll on a proper inquiry into Iraq.