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Blair says public desires Iraq ‘conspiracy’

By Alex Barker

Published: February 8 2010 21:09 | Last updated: February 8 2010 21:09

The Iraq war inquiry is humouring the desire of the British public to “uncover some great conspiracy”, Tony Blair said on Monday, as the inquiry confirmed that it might recall him to testify.

The former prime minister’s comments on the “curious habit” of looking for some “great deceit” came as Jack Straw, the former foreign secretary, defended his decision to reject the arguments of his department’s legal experts over the basis for war.

Jack Straw

Jack Straw, the former foreign secretary, arrives to give further evidence yesterday at the Iraq inquiry in central London

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