Many of us who voted against the war, particularly those on the Government side, remember the day vividly. We remember the arm-twisting and the letters trying to tell us to go and see the Prime Minister or the Foreign Secretary. There was almost hysteria about getting the vote through. One lesson for Parliament and for Members of Parliament on both sides is that, sometimes, your country comes before your party .
Report of the Iraq Inquiry
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Hoey
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 6 July 2016.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Report of the Iraq Inquiry.
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