UK government crisis Gordon Brown was forced on Thursday into an embarrassing reversal of his decision to hold the inquiry into the Iraq war in secret, conceding that some, if not all, of the hearings could now be held in open session.
As senior figures in the Labour party, the military and the Whitehall establishment lined up to criticise the prime minister’s decision to hold the inquiry in secret, Downing Street conceded that it would now be up to the inquiry chairman to decide on its format.
