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Carne Ross said foreign policy in Iraq was a "rank disaster"
Diplomat: Iraq policy a rank disaster

Britain’s foreign policy in Iraq has been condemned as a “rank disaster” by a top diplomat who quit over the war. Policy making in the run up to the Iraq war was “extremely poor in that I don’t think the proper available alternatives to war were properly considered”, Carne Ross told the foreign affairs select… Read more »

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Tony Blair will keep the Royal Prerogative, the government announced
Parliament denied ‘war-making’ powers

The government has rejected calls to let parliament decide when the UK goes to war, insisting the prime minister must maintain powers allowing him to make decisions without parliamentary support. Currently, Tony Blair can use the Royal Prerogative to take the country to war. And the government today said he will keep these “war-making powers”…. Read more »