Image copyright Getty Images MPs have rejected a call for an investigation into Tony Blair"s role in the build-up to the Iraq war.
The SNP"s motion said the former Labour prime minister had not given Parliament correct information on his dealings with US President George W Bush.
MP Alex Salmond said the push towards war in 2003 had been “very much a personal campaign” by Mr Blair.
But Labour"s shadow foreign office minister Fabian Hamilton warned against making him a “scapegoat”.
The current Conservative government also said there was no need for an investigation.
The US-led invasion of Iraq began in March 2003 and the UK, which lost 179 military personnel in the conflict, ended its combat role in 2009.
MPs rejected the SNP"s House of Commons motion, calling for an investigation into Mr Blair"s pre-Iraq war role by the Justice Committee, by 439 to 70 – a margin of 369 votes.
"Grievously misled"Mr Salmond, a former Scottish First Minister, said it wa..
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