Robin Cook's Resignation Speech - Full Transcript

Worth reading again and again or watching (also linked HERE). Andrew Marr described it as the most icily eloquent speech in the Commons in modern times. We agree:

On Iraq, I believe that the prevailing mood of the British people is sound. They do not doubt that Saddam is a brutal dictator, but they are not persuaded that he is a clear and present danger to Britain.They want inspections to be given a chance, and they suspect that they are being pushed too quickly into conflict by a US Administration with an agenda of its own.Above all, they are uneasy at Britain going out on a limb on a military adventure without a broader international coalition and against the hostility of many of our traditional allies.   FULL SPEECH.