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The match was proposed by Alastair Campbell and was to be played to drum up support during the final days of the Good Friday Agreement referendum.

The former Downing Street communications chief played the tune in memory of politicians involved in the peace deal who ‘are no longer with us’.

Tony Blair’s decision to invade tore at successive Labour leaders and weakened the intelligence services

The Independent titles vigorously opposed the Iraq war long before others saw the error of their support: Then-editor Tristan Davies reveals how, one month into the conflict, The Independent on Sunday became the first to highlight the failure to find weapons of mass destruction

Gordon Brown, Condoleezza Rice and Alastair Campbell are as responsible for an illegal war as the Russian leader’s ‘henchmen’ they condemn, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

It was set up to examine the weapons expert’s death, but the Hutton Inquiry is remembered for a ferocious battle between the government and the BBC, Andrew Grice reports

From dud intelligence to dire warnings, the failures of the infamous dossier making the case for war are examined by World Affairs Editor Kim Sengupta

Downing Street declines to say whether PM has confidence in BBC director-general after furore over Match of the Day presenter

‘Tell me, how does this end?’ asked US general David Petraeus during first push to Baghdad in 2003