Tony Blair: British public is changing its mind on my decision to invade Iraq in 2003

‘Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted the public are starting to change their opinion on the effects of his decision to invade Iraq in 2003.
Blair claimed the Government’s decision not to heavily intervene in Syria was a clear example of how “difficult” conflict management could be.
And the Labour party’s longest serving Prime Minister said he could see support for “a more measured analysis” of his point of view “beginning to happen”.
Asked why the Iraq conflict still causes outrage across the UK, the former Prime Minister said his justification for taking the country to war was still a “huge issue” for the public.
Speaking to Politico, he said: “Because it was a hugely contested decision, and because the intelligence turned out to be, in many cases, faulty, and obviously that’s a huge issue for people.’
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