Last chance to hold Blair to account
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Tomorrow Labour's silent anti-war MPs must make their voices heard
John Kampfner
Monday July 19, 2004
The Guardian
I have lost count of the Labour ministers and loyalist MPs who have
said to me that they always had their worries about Iraq. The silent
majority has indeed been silent. Those who signed up to the principle
of collective responsibility could have asked questions in cabinet.
Junior ministers could have requested meetings. Many backbenchers did
speak out, but others did not, even though they now feel they should
have.
Tomorrow MPs will have perhaps a final opportunity to probe the prime
minister when they debate the Butler report. I say final, because
coverage of politics tends to require one of two hooks - the crisis or
the set-piece occasion. Tony Blair's people are confident that once
parliament begins its summer holidays on Thursday they will, to use
that specious phrase, "move on". They may be right.
John Kampfner
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