“Tony Blair did not sit at the pinnacle of power for double-digit stretch without having a first-class capacity to master any brief, however dodgy, mount any argument, however specious, slide past any question, however difficult, parry any critique, however piercing, and defend any case, however indefensible. The Iraq inquiry puts his historical legacy in the dock. So he hired the slickest lawyer he could find. That would be himself.”

Andrew Rawnsley The Observer 31^st Jan. 2010