“It can be argued that the lack of accountability about Iraq led Cameron on to committing many of the same blunders on a smaller scale in Libya in 2010. In Libya the UK spent thirteen times as much bombing the country as reconstructing it and the human chaos and bloody carnage of a failed state now moves like the tide across the Mediterranean.”

Scottish politician and economist

Alex Salmond was a Scottish politician and economist. He served as First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014 and was a prominent figure in the Scottish nationalist movement. He led the Scottish National Party twice, from 1990 to 2000 and again from 2004 to 2014. Later, he became leader of the Alba Party in 2021 and held that post until his death in 2024.