Britain told US that invading Iraq could cost Blair his premiership, papers reveal

<p>Adviser to former PM said Bush’s pursuit of regime change in Baghdad could also cause ‘regime change in London’</p><p>The stark terms in which the US was warned that invading Iraq without a second UN security council resolution could cost Tony Blair his premiership have been revealed in newly released documents.</p><p>Blair’s foreign policy adviser, David Manning, warned Condoleezza Rice, the then US national security adviser: “The US must not promote regime change in Baghdad at the price of regime change in London.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/22/britain-told-us-that-invading-iraq-could-cost-blair-his-premiership-papers-reveal">Continue reading...</a>