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The Iraq war ushered in a style of politics where truth is, at best, an inconvenience

Former PM says that he is why he backed Iraq War - to make sure White House called No 10 first in a crisis.

‘Tell me, how does this end?’ asked US general David Petraeus during first push to Baghdad in 2003

That politics is a dark art is a cliche, but the events of 2003 helped to destroy public trust in government, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Labour is spooked by its defeat in 1992, while the Tories fear a repeat of what happened to them in 1997

The last few years of drama at Westminster have set the bar pretty high for shock and surprise, but the sudden departure from government of Sue Gray, second permanent secretary to the Cabinet Office, and her proposed appointment as chief of staff to the leader of the Labour Party really…

Letters: In office, Labour will do far more for social justice and cohesion than the Tories, writes Richard Watson, but Stephen Smith and Pete Callaghan fear the party is shying away from bold policies

Boris Johnson is said to have nominated his father Stanley for a knighthood

Anneliese Dodds addressed the Women’s Institute on Saturday.

At the general election that year, the number of women in the Commons jumped to (an albeit still tiny) 41. Some talk about the sexism – and the solidarity

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Jonathan Freedland on the prospect of a Labour government