Third of British people want to see Tony Blair tried as a war criminal over Iraq, finds YouGov poll
Survey was conducted on the day the High Court blocked a private prosecution against the former prime minister
Chloe Farand
Tony Blair should be tried as a war criminal over the Iraq War, according to a third of Britons surveyed in a new poll.
Carried out on the same day that the High Court blocked a bid by a former chief of the Iraqi Army’s staff to bring a private prosecution against the former prime minister, the YouGov survey asked 3,264 adults representative of the population in Britain to pick one of five statements that best summed up their views about him in respect of the Iraq War.
A third – 33 per cent – of those taking part in the survey chose “Mr Blair knowingly misled Parliament and the public and should be tried as a war criminal”.
The number of respondents who said Mr Blair should be tried as a war criminal was higher among those aged above 65, with 42 per cent choosing that answer compared with only 26 per cent of those aged 18 to 24.
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