Last Straw

There have been a number of inquiries into the 2003 invasion of Iraq but as someone commenting on the European Tribune website put it, they

… are not intended to reach a finding that the public find credible, they exist to provide a smokescreen for a few years to cover the establishment for a few years in the hope everyone forgets about it.

The Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war is already running a propaganda campaign that it “won’t be a whitewash.”

But you only need to realise that its members were appointed by Gordon Brown—one of the perpetrators—and read the terms of reference to realise this is a whitewash before it even starts.