The online campaign group 38 Degrees is taking aim at former PM Tony Blair over his appearance in front of the Iraq War Inquiry on Friday next week.

The focus is on getting the questioners to ensure they ask the right questions.

There are plans to organise various stunts for next week to ensure there is enough counter-pressure on the Inquiry to ask Blair serious questions.

38 Degrees has so far signed up over 7,000 people to a petition demanding the questioners resist pressure to give him an easy ride.

A mail-out yesterday said:

There’s a risk we could see yet another whitewash.

The people asking the questions mustn’t let Blair get away with more spin. Together we can make sure they arrive next Friday morning feeling ready to get tough with the former PM: they need to know that thousands and thousands of us expect them to challenge him properly.
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If they decide to really challenge Blair, it will shed light on why the UK supported such a deadly and expensive war and make future leaders think twice about making the same choice. If they give him an easy ride, it will mean key questions get brushed under the carpet.

The campaign group already has some questions for Blair including:

When did you first promise George Bush you’d back an invasion?
When did you really realise Saddam Hussein probably didn’t have WMD?
Did you cover up advice that the war might be illegal?
Why did you decide to ignore the anti-war protests by the British people?

We’ll get our demands in front of the inquiry panel just before Blair appears. We’re going to pile on the pressure in every way we can: e-mails, phone calls, the media and protests on the day.

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