> He cannot just "decide to take Britain to Iraq", since the UK Government cannot start a war without Parliament's approval. Had Blair decided not to go to war

> He cannot just "decide to take Britain to Iraq", since the UK Government cannot start a war without Parliament's approval. Had Blair decided not to go to war, there would not have been a vote. He was leader of the Labour Party and instructed his whips to ensure MPs voted for war. > He came to the Parliament with the available intelligence at the time, and after days of debates, 412 people voted in favour of the invasion. We now know, from the Chilcot inquiry, that Blair knew the intelligence was poor and either deliberately misled Parliament or allowed his belief to blind his judgement. Either conclusion is damning.