Mandelson 'Did Deal With Brown to Neuter Iraq Inquiry in Bid to Protect Blair's Name'

Lord Mandelson stitched up a deal with Gordon Brown for a tame Iraq inquiry to protect Tony Blair, it is claimed today.
The Business Secretary persuaded the Premier to pick a panel of establishment figures who would probe the conflict in secret – in exchange for his support heading off a Cabinet coup against Mr Brown.
But with the original plans blown out of the water following a public outcry, the Government yesterday engineered yet another U-turn.

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