"That this House believes that there should be a select committee of seven honourable Members, being members of Her Majesty's Privy Council, to review the way in which the responsibilities of Government were discharged in relation to Iraq and all matters relevant thereto, in the period leading up to military action in that country in March 2003 and in its aftermath."

Above is probably the single most important motion of this parliament.  Should it succeed, most probably with the support of the Conservatives, Parliament will debate in full, the actions by the government in the build-up to military intervention in the state of Iraq.

The Conservatives are actually demanding a broad investigation, similar to the Franks enquiry, which delved into the actions surrounding the Falklands War.  It's worth mentioning that the Franks enquiry was carried out after the war, however it must also be said that the Falklands conflict lasted little more than 2-months.

It's no secret that my blog is a Labour leaning blog.  I used to be a member of the party, and it was on the issue of Iraq that I wrote to the party to end my membership.  No issue is more central to my blog's existence than Iraq.  And so, on the very issue where I broke ranks with the party, I implore those Labour MP's who share my outrage and shame, that a Labour government would follow the most rightwing American administration in living memory into an unnecessary war, to vote in favour of this motion.

I do not know for sure if parliament was misled.  I do not know for sure if the cabinet were spineless in their cross-examining of the evidence.  I would however like to know all that is unknown and unclear.  Iraq has seriously damaged Labour, and nothing in the past decade has done more to tear at the social fabric of our fragile society.  

It is no surprise that the government will echo Republican dog-whistle rhetoric to prevent a defeat.  They claim our enemies are looking for a weakness and that an enquiry will undermine our troops.  This is nonsense.  If our troops are fighting an unjust war, instigated on deceit and lies, then they should know.  A quick browse onto the military forums proves they are as outraged as we are.  They should know.  We should know.

If you voted for the war, not is time to launder your conscience.  Do not allow this opportunity to pass.  Carpe Diem.