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Originally Posted by chezlaw
Chilcot talking now. So damning of Blair. Surely even he cant spin this as anything else.
I'm almost hopeful we might see a trial.
Trial for what? The ICC has no jurisdiction in 'crimes of aggression'. It would have jurisdiction in any specific war crimes committed by British forces, but officers of government could only be indicted if the squaddies' actions -- for instance, if British troops carried out 'genocide', which I don't think they did -- were shown to have been ordered by government as a matter of policy.
In terms of British law, a case of 'misconduct in public office' would be problematic since the war was legally authorised by Parliament, and the House had every opportunity to hear from opposing voices up to and including former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, so it's not as if they didn't know what was going on.