David Miliband calls support for Iraq war one of his ‘deepest regrets’

Miliband, pictured at the Hay festival in 2018, said the Iraq war in 2003 was ‘a strategic mistake’. Photograph: David Levenson/Getty Images

David Miliband has said his support for the invasion of Iraq is “one of the deepest regrets” from his time in politics.

The former foreign secretary also said the 2003 war and the period around it have caused “real damage” to western claims to stand up for core values of international order and justice.