LEAKED EMAIL: Brexit distracting from Chilcot’s Iraq report was ‘silver lining,’ Straw told Powell

‘Former UK foreign secretary and Iraq War architect Jack Straw told Bush-era statesman Colin Powell the “silver lining” of the EU referendum was that it distracted attention from the Chilcot Report, according to leaked emails.
The messages, seen by the Intercept and other outlets, take the form of an email exchange around the time of the much-delayed Iraq Inquiry publication.
In an email containing a proposed press statement sent to Powell on July 4 – two days ahead of Chilcot and 20 ahead of the Brexit vote – the former minister wrote the “only silver lining of the Brexit vote is that it will reduce medium-term attention on Chilcot — though it will not stop the day of publication being uncomfortable.”’
Read more: LEAKED EMAIL: Brexit distracting from Chilcot’s Iraq report was ‘silver lining,’ Straw told Powell