# Chilcot **URL:** \ **Category:** Reasonably serious discussion\ **Created:** [18 October 2015 10:50 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818 "2015-10-18T10:50:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 08:53 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/61 "2016-07-06T08:53:34Z")
> The total expenditure since 2009 is £10,375,000. Printed copies of the report can be ordered for £767. However family members of British soldiers who died in the war will receive the 12 volume tome for free. £10m??? Wow ---
**Author:** ![Bearsy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/bearsy/32/6_2.png) [@Bearsy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Bearsy)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 08:55 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/62 "2016-07-06T08:55:00Z")
I quite like the Harry Potter books, but if they srs expect me to read the whoe series again twice over, they’ve got another thing coming. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 08:55 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/63 "2016-07-06T08:55:06Z")
https://player.vimeo.com/video/51089394 ---
**Author:** ![Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Rallyboy)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 09:56 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/64 "2016-07-06T09:56:38Z")
Putting aside the detail and just looking at the cost. If someone came to me and said produce a report on…the state of park benches in Southampton, for instance, I could say, right, I’ll need a couple of people to go out and have a look, I’ll need to speak to various authorities, I could produce some photographic evidence, but I’ll need a year to do this, (even though it could be done in a month). The inflated cost for that could be £100k, but not several million! So why do **all** of these things become massive gravy trains where everyone charges ludicrous fees for as long as they can drag it out? It’s a complete pisstake. ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 10:06 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/65 "2016-07-06T10:06:41Z")
I reckon its odds on that Bliar will come out of it with only a slapped wrist and a stern talking to for being a naughty boy… ---
**Author:** ![Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/fatso/32/18_2.png) [@Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Fatso)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 10:13 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/66 "2016-07-06T10:13:52Z")
£767 for a copy! Fucking hell that’s expensive for a book. Is there just a limited number of copies? It might be worth buying if there’s only 200 available. Could be a sound investment, take it onto Antiques Roadshow in 40 years time. ---
**Author:** ![Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/fatso/32/18_2.png) [@Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Fatso)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 10:14 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/67 "2016-07-06T10:14:14Z")
world be worth even more if you could get Blair to sign a copy. ---
**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 10:24 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/68 "2016-07-06T10:24:23Z")
I’ve just spent £105 on a book about old Southampton two weeks ago…and I hasn’t arrived yet. That’s a single volume; second hand so £767 doesn’t seem too steep for a brand new set. :lou_wink_2: ---
**Author:** ![Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/fatso/32/18_2.png) [@Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Fatso)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 10:28 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/69 "2016-07-06T10:28:07Z")
hmmm, so you think I should get a copy then? ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 10:29 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/70 "2016-07-06T10:29:12Z")
Were you never fleeced for the Encyclopedia Brittanica? ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 10:35 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/71 "2016-07-06T10:35:06Z")
Going on what’s been said so far I don’t think that sounds likely. Mind you Pistorious got 6 years for murder so who the fuck knows… ---
**Author:** ![Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Rallyboy)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 10:42 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/72 "2016-07-06T10:42:11Z")
Every aspect of the war from the reasons, the legality, the planning, the equipment, the lack of future planning - everything seems to have been, in Chilcot’s words, _a half-arsed clusterfuck_… It’s fair to say that Tony doesn’t come out of it terribly well…not that I’ve read the whole thing! ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 10:45 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/73 "2016-07-06T10:45:06Z")
Unless the establishment has has decided to make Bliar the sacrificial goat, then I can’t see him ever being prosecuted as a war criminal though. Being a very naughty boy? Yes , but anything else, no. Not wearing my tin foil hat, it seems our powermongers always look after their own. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 10:59 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/74 "2016-07-06T10:59:15Z")
He may not ever get tried as a war criminal, but that report is damning, confirming what many of us suspected at the time and an even wilder claim that was bunged about later. We didn’t exhaust all non-military options. We were with the US President and his neocon hawks “whatever”. Sorry Tone, but that’s just total fucking subservience. Vassal state. ---
**Author:** ![Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@Rallyboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Rallyboy)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 11:01 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/75 "2016-07-06T11:01:25Z")
I’m not sure you need your hat, no one could disagree with the fact that senior politicians cover up for each other… Pap - you like a lost cause, go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 11:06 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/76 "2016-07-06T11:06:08Z")
Lamb cs. Lamb. ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 11:32 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/77 "2016-07-06T11:32:13Z")
Don’t be too parochial gang. I’m pretty sure there are a lot of lawyers in other countries who will start pouring over that report. The Iraqi people and Government for one. Not just War Crimes, but Personal Liability for the Billions of dollars of damage caused. Anyway, point is whatever happens in this life is irrelevant, Blair can now go and join other scum rotting in hell when the Great Entity in the Sky gives him his call. Gonna be a long hot summer of Politics peeps ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 11:42 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/78 "2016-07-06T11:42:45Z")
> Originally posted by @Goatboy > > > Originally posted by @cobham-saint > > > > > Originally posted by @BTripz > > > > > > > Originally posted by @cobham-saint > > > > > > > > I reckon its odds on that Bliar will come out of it with only a slapped wrist and a stern talking to for being a naughty boy… > > > > > > Going on what’s been said so far I don’t think that sounds likely. > > > > > > Mind you Pistorious got 6 years for murder so who the fuck knows… > > > > Unless the establishment has has decided to make Bliar the sacrificial goat, then I can’t see him ever being prosecuted as a war criminal though. Being a very naughty boy? Yes , but anything else, no. Not wearing my tin foil hat, it seems our powermongers always look after their own. > > Lamb cs. Lamb. See previous thread about goats 😉 Thought it more topical… Mind you I wouldn’t want to compare Bliar to a lamb. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 11:49 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/79 "2016-07-06T11:49:25Z")
Cameron is in Parliament now summarising the report. He’s being much easier on Blair than he could have been, but it is damning all the same, especially the part about Tony’s unilateral promise to Bush on behalf of the nation. ---
**Author:** ![Map-Of-Tasmania](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/map-of-tasmania/32/1298_2.png) [@Map-Of-Tasmania](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Map-Of-Tasmania)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2016 11:59 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818/80 "2016-07-06T11:59:16Z")
I got a freebie of Robin Butlers report… Mrs Gay worked with him for a while when he was master of University College, Oxford… its not a gread read… [Previous page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818.md?page=3) [Next page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/chilcot/1818.md?page=5)