GOLDSMITH TOLD TWO DIFFERENT TALES ON IRAQ, SAYS LEGAL EXPERT

GOLDSMITH TOLD TWO DIFFERENT TALES ON IRAQ, SAYS LEGAL EXPERT

ROBERTSON SEIZES ON LATEST CHILCOT REVELATIONS

SIGNS SHOW PRESSURE IS GETTING TO LABOUR – GOLDSMITH & BLAIR SHOULD BE RECALLED

SNP Westminster Leader and Defence Spokesperson Angus Robertson MP has seized on a report where Philippe Sands, a professor of inter¬national law at University College London and director of the Centre for International Courts and Tribunals, said urgent questions needed to be asked about differences between Lord Goldsmith's testimonies to the 2004 Butler review and the current Chilcot inquiry.

Coming on the day Alastair Campbell had to compose himself after being asked the questioned on the Chilcot Inquiry on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Robertson said:

“These revelations raise even more serious questions about the reasons the Labour government took us to war. Both Lord Goldsmith and Tony Blair should be recalled to the inquiry to face those further questions.

“As today’s Andrew Marr showed the pressure is getting to the main Labour players. With Chilcot revealing more deception by the day, serious and more penetrating questions must be asked of Tony Blair and Lord Goldsmith.

“The people of Scotland were opposed to the invasion of Iraq and opposed the US/UK occupation, yet we were dragged into an illegal war on a false premise.

“Hundreds of brave troops and countless civilians have paid the ultimate price for Labour’s untruths. The public deserve to know the real story about a war fought in their name."