Chilcot Inquiry Finishes with Blair

Tony Blair completed his duty as a witness at the Chilcot Inquiry this evening at 5:10pm after giving evidence for 6 hours.

Blair began with how the 9/11 terror attacks had changed the 'calculus' for war with Iraq and went on to say "You could not take risks on this issue at all" speaking on the issue of whether or not Saddam had WMDs

He dealt adeptly with the slight 'faux pas' he made in his interview with Fern Britten when he said that regime change was the objective, regardless of the absence of WMDs, saying that he had misspoken, although retrospectively it makes perfect sense.

Blair still believes it was the right thing to do, suggesting that his decision to take military action in 2003 prevented a nuclear arms race between Iraq and Iran in 2010 certainly a possibility witnessing today's climate in Iran.