Jon...I've never voted Conservative in my life, but I dont agree that they would have gone into Iraq.

The Iraqi involvment was very much "Blairs baby", a personal decision to support Bush, driven by a desperate need to make a place in history for himself, helped by a craven cabinet(with the exception of Robin Cook) and MPs who were too sheepish to make their views known.

I don't believe the Tories could have carried the vote in the H of C, as the Labour centre would certainly have voted against military action.
At the end of the day full responsibility must lie with Blair, and Labour will be stained by his war.
The representatives of the left were exposed as hypocritical once again, preferring to close eyes ears and mouths rather than stand up and be counted ...Ake