» Thursday, December 18, 2008Iraq Inquiry
Asked whether an inquiry into the Iraq war was likely, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had set out our position succinctly during the debate when he said that this was a matter that we would consider once our troops had come home. We were not at that position at the moment and therefore it was not right to open the question now. Asked whether the Prime Minister had meant when all troops were home or when the bulk of the troops had returned, the PMS said it would not be when we had a significant number of troops engaged in operations in Iraq and added that he would not get into what the threshold might be. Asked if he agreed that the Prime Minister had left this slightly up in the air, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had made our position clear. Briefing took place at 16:45 | Search for related news Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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why do we have to wait ?
So as long as one British Soldier is based outside the UK then we can’t have an eqnuiry.
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Comment by Adrian Peirson — 13 Jan 2009 on 1:12 am | Link