Called to account?
Symon Hill is unimpressed with the former prime minister’s bravado performance
I have never seen Tony Blair looking so nervous. He appeared flustered and scared as I sat in the media room at the Iraq Inquiry, watching his interrogation on screens placed on the walls for the assembled journalists. The former prime minister had snuck in by a side door at 7.30am, avoiding the demonstration timed to begin at 8.00. It seems a far cry from 1997, when he walked through the London streets, shaking hands with cheering members of the public. The protests, which were occasionally audible even on the second floor, focused on the accusation that Tony Blair is a war criminal. ‘What do we want?’ called a young Muslim woman through a loudhailer. ‘Blair on trial!’ shouted the crowd.
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