Live coverage of the Iraq war vote
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- This is very much presented on a "sold as seen" basis - 17 minutes from various BBC channels at the time of the great Parliamentary debate on the Iraq war. Sadly the BBC Ten'o'clock news just missed the first vote. We then cross to BBC News 24, and finally to Newsnight.
This is from 18 March 2003.
Fun fact, boris voted for the iraq war in all four votes concerning it. It's just funny how so many people who call Blair a war monger are fine with boris even though their votes were worth the exact same.
Ditto Cameron and May too I believe.
Meanwhile Corbyn, someone obliterated by the media, voted against it.
It's funny how the media can pedal their own narrative about who is virtuous and who is a scumbag.
Shhhh. You’re pointing out Tory hypocrisy
I don't call either of them warmongers but I do think it is reasonable to apportion more blame or credit - depending on your view of the decision to go to war - on Blair than on individual MP's, especially Opposition backbenchers, which Johnson was at the time. The PM made the case for war and commended it to the House, after about six solid months of publicly stating his position. MP's voted on the basis of those arguments, but they weren't involved in the background to them or in making the decision and putting the vote before the House.
@@simonzonenblick395 I can easily agree that the PM hold's FAR more power than an individual MP may have. I am no fan of Blair anyways, he was as much "Labour" as Ayn Rand was. That is to say, the guy was a Conservative through and through on literally every policy- regardless of whether he ran as Labour or not. And now the Labour party is making the same mistake and shifting EVEN further to the right with someone like Starmer. The good news is, this debate is totally moot, because if Boris Johnson was PM at the time he would have happily pushed through the war, possibly even more enthusiastic than Blair himself did.
@@Black_Caucus How can we possibly know what someone would have done?
Interesting to see Cameron sitting behind Nicholas Soames at 12:48
Division result: 14:05
Many thanks for your interesting uploads this year! Happy Christmas.
I kind of liked Tony Blair until he made this idiotic decision.
Ewan Cuthbertson no is a war killer
His domestic policies were amazing, shame he was corrupted but for real if we exclude Iraq and let’s say count him in his pre Iraq years to make it fair he was one of the greatest pms we have had
@@divusgaiusjuliuscaesar4657 If we exclude Hitlers views and treatment of minorities and his delusions of expanding the German empire he wasnt that bad of a leader either
@@hueyfreeman1983 ‘if we exclude all of hitlers core ideals then he was good’
Going to war was not a core idea of Blair, nor was it always his intention to go to war.
@@divusgaiusjuliuscaesar4657 Him agreeing to go to a useless war just because bush asked him to just shows how spineless he was
Is that David Cameron? 12:46
Yes it is - still a backbencher at the time. He voted against the amendment and in support of the Government, as did most Conservatives.
@@DBIVUK was ids the tory leader at the time?
@@ritz2467 Yes
@@ritz2467 Yes, but he would be kicked out by October 2003.
Do you have any old BBC Breakfast News videos? If you have them, upload to your channel please.
Do you have any more Fifteen to One on the way?
you voted for the war - you are responsible for all the carnage that was unleashed. The universe remembers all.
everyone wanted it, you voted for the people that wanted it, dont act like it was a mistake and the people should be held responsible, the uk population is responsible ultimately
a vote based on a lie and for which we are still living with the terrible consequences PS thank you for all your excellent uploads
Disgusting
They're moving in herds! They do move in herds!