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On this day 20 years ago, Robin Cook tried to stop the Iraq war. I helped write that historic speech | David Clark

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Robin Cook delivered what many came to regard as the finest parliamentary speech of its era.

The days leading up to it had been spent in his company preparing for that moment and the resignation that preceded it.

It was an event full of mixed emotions and political significance, and it has lost none of its power in time since.

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English

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