No and no

Mike Smithson asks a couple of questions in this post in response to Peter Oborne’s '”excellent piece” in the Mail, which is rather a contradiction in itself.

Smithson wants to know if Brown’s “masterful strategy” was blown apart when he agreed to give evidence to Chilcot before the election.

Answer: No.  Brown shouldn't have called the Iraq inquiry in the first place.

Then, “Has Peter Oborne got it right on the Iraq inquiry?”

Answer: No

Geoffrey Wheatcroft would feel at home in the Mail.