Brown says Iraq war was ‘the right decision’

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended his role in the 2003 Iraq war yesterday, telling a public inquiry it was “the right decision” and rejecting claims he withheld funding from the armed forces.

Brown said that while he had not been closely involved in political decisions on conflict, he was fully informed and did everything required of him in his role as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Tony Blair.

“This is the gravest decision of all to make,” he told the Chilcot inquiry into Britain’s role in the conflict, but added: “It was the right decision and it was for the right reasons.”