No more Wars till Chilcot has been published

I have just watched an utterly pitiful appearance on rolling news by a Tory MP it would be kinder not to name, who appeared to be saying that Parliament shouldn’t even be asked its opinion on the plan for war. We are, it seems , to rely upon the ‘statesmanship’ of the PR man currently occupying the post of Prime Minister.

 

He also seemed to be saying that the fact that Parliament had been bamboozled by the executive in 2003 meant that Parliament was the wrong forum for such decisions.  Surely it means that the executive should not bamboozle Parliament with tarted-up ‘intelligence’.

 

Here’s a suggestion which might help deal with legislators of this quality. MPs should simply refuse to vote on any war of choice until the full publication of the Chilcot report on the rush to war in 2003.

 

By the way, wasn’t it presumptuous of the Prime Minister to speak to the UN as he did, without waiting for Parliament’s view?  Wouldn’t it be joyous if they sent him back to New York by the next plane (economy class)  to explain that he is the head of a parliamentary government, not a head of state, and spoke out of turn?