“The public have been left in the dark over the way in which the responsibilities of government hage been discharged.”
Labour Outlook reports
Jeremy Corbyn has called for a Chilcot-style inquiry into the UK’s involvement in Gaza, as reported by Sky News and others today.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, Corbyn says he will be working with colleagues to “pursue all avenues to establish a public, independent inquiry into the UK’s involvement in Israel’s military assault in Gaza”.
This inquiry should “establish exactly what decisions have been taken, how these decisions have been made, and what consequences they have had.”
Stating that the public have been left “in the dark over the way in which the responsibilities of government hage been discharged”, Corbyn calls for the “full co-operation from government ministers involved in decision-making processes since October 2023.”
Citing the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq War, Corbyn says that “history is repeating itself”. The letter concludes: “Many people believe that the government has taken decisions that have implicated officials in the gravest breaches of international law. These charges will not go away until there is a comprehensive inquiry with the legal power to establish the truth.”
- The full letter can be read here.
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Jeremy Corbyn is absolutely right. We need a full impartial inquiry, with no links or influence from either government or the army like in the last enquiry which totally whitewashed the criminal actions committed by the British army.