Clegg declares Iraq invasion illegal

“Nick Clegg's 'illegal' Iraq war gaffe prompts legal warning,” headlines the Guardian. Standing in for David Cameron during Prime Minister’s question time on 21 July, UK’s Deputy PM Clegg in a heated exchange with Jack Straw, foreign secretary at the time of the 2003 war, said: "We may have to wait for his memoirs, but perhaps one day he will account for his role in the most disastrous decision of all: the illegal invasion of Iraq." Mr Clegg insists he was speaking in a personal capacity, but the Guardian notes that “a leading international lawyer has warned that the statement by a government minister in such a formal setting could increase the chances of charges against Britain in international courts.”