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Blair under pressure to release attorney general's advice
Blair under pressure to release attorney general’s advice

Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith altered his advice over the legality of the Iraq war amid uncertainty in the military, a Labour peer has claimed. Baroness Helena Kennedy QC yesterday said Lord Goldsmith bowed to pressure from the US ahead of the March war even though the “vast majority” of lawyers thought the conflict without a second… Read more »

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"Bitterness" driving Short's allegations
“Bitterness” driving Short’s allegations

“Bitterness” drove Clare Short to allege that British spies bugged the office of Kofi Annan, secretary general of the United Nations, No 10’s former director of communications, Alastair Campbell, said yesterday. Mr Campbell said the former international development secretary had been “mouthing off” and urged ministers not to “dance to her tune”. Ms Short was… Read more »