7 Dec 2006

Waiting On Washington

Blair agrees war 'not being won':
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell asked: "Isn't it clear that the British government has no policy of its own in relation to Iraq? And that we are wholly dependent on the decisions taken in Washington?

"What sort of strategy is that? And what sort of legacy is that?"
If only Kerry O'Brien had been as forthright with Alexander Downer on the 7:30 report this evening. Transcript to follow...