The Independent: Goldsmith ‘failed duty to MPs’ by withholding advice on war

The Attorney General faced accusations of failing in his “constitutional duty” to advise Parliament as MPs called him to account over his legal advice on the war on Iraq.

The Guardian: MI6, Jack Straw, defence staff: Blair ignored them all

I was recently speaking to a former senior civil servant about the prime minister’s relationship with the truth. “Has he got one?” he asked. He was deadly serious.