John Harris hits the nail on the head when he says the events of 2003 helped to destroy public trust in the government (20 years on, memories of the Iraq war may have faded, but it shaped the diminished UK we know today, 12 March). That tragic legacy still runs true today.
I respect the work that Tony Blair and the less recognised Mo Mowlam achieved in bringing peace to Northern Ireland. However, Blair’s legacy has shaped a generation that view politicians as untrustworthy. Blair, Alastair Campbell and their cronies in the government of the day manipulated the evidence available to them to justify the war in Iraq.
