'Brown was marginalised' claims Short

Gordon Brown, then Chancellor, was "marginalised" when the decision to go to war in Iraq was made, Ms Short said.

She claimed that while Mr Brown - who was chancellor at the time - did not speak out in Cabinet against the war, he did not support it.

The argument put forward by Tony Blair in his evidence to the Iraq inquiry was "ludicrous", former cabinet minister Clare Short has said.

It was wrong to suggest, after the 11 September attacks, that al-Qaeda would team up with "rogue states".