It’s official - Brown DID mislead to Iraq inquiry

Yesterday finally Gordon Brown admitted he had misled when he told the Chilcot inquiry that defence spending had increased every year under Labour.

But, true to form, his “clarification” contained yet another untruth.

During Prime Minister’s Questions, Gordon Brown said that defence spending had fallen "in real terms" in "one or two years".

But the truth is that, under his watch, defence spending fell in real terms in FOUR years including during the height of the Iraq War. This has been confirmed by the House of Commons Library.

Sadly, nothing should surprise us about Gordon Brown any more – and yet it should.

Our country and, in particular, our servicemen and women deserve so much better.