Formal British PM Tony Blair's voice cracks as he finally says sorry for Iraq War and says: 'I'd take the same decision again'

The former prime minister put on a bullish performance this afternoon as he responded to the long-awaited report and although he made a grovelling apology for the bloody consequences of the Iraq War, he attempted to shift responsibility by saying the intelligence was not his responsibility. In a remarkable performance of self-defence at a special press conference that lasted for nearly two hours, the visibly humbled former prime minister described the decision to take military action to remove Saddam Hussein in 2003 as the 'hardest, most momentous, most agonising' of his 10 years in office. He accepted the 'serious criticisms' made of him and his government in the run up and aftermath of the Iraq War and said he accepted 'full responsibility, without exception, without excuse'. But he then said he would 'take the same decision' to invade Iraq again if he was presented with the same intelligence.

source: mail online