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Ken Livingstone lambasted for blaming Tony Blair for 7/7 bombings & saying terrorists “gave their lives” for cause

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27th Nov 15 10:00 am

Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone is being lambasted for claiming that Tony Blair is responsible for the 7/7 bombings.

Speaking on Question Time, Livingstone said the former prime minister neglected warnings that invading Iraq would make Britain a terror target.

Livingstone said: โ€œWhen Tony Blair was told by the security services, โ€˜if you go into Iraq, we will be a target for terrorismโ€™, and he ignored that advice, and it killed 52 Londoners.โ€

In response to Livinstoneโ€™s comments former Labour political advisor and comedian Matt Forde said: โ€œThis idea that you can absolve the people that killed those innocent Londoners by blaming Tony Blair is shameful.

โ€œBlame it on the people who carried out the atrocity.โ€

To which Livingstone said: โ€œGo and look what they put on their website. They did those killings because of our invasion of Iraq.

โ€œThey gave their lives, they said what they believed, they took Londoners lives in protest against our invasion of Iraq.

โ€œAnd we were lied to by Tony Blair about Iraq, there were no weapons of mass destruction.โ€

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