WITH clarity of voice and affable manner, Lord Butler of Brockwell delivered his damning verdict on the failings of intelligence over Iraq.

The long-awaited Butler Report into intelligence failings in the run-up to war in Iraq was being published in the UK today, amid fevered speculation in Westminster over whether the finger of blame will be pointed at British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair today set up a review of intelligence on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction – but any hopes that its report would be the final word on the affair were dashed when the Liberal Democrats refused to take part.