Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw[/caption]Britains former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has suggested that he may have been sacked by former Prime Minister Tony Blair following pressure from former US President George W. Bushs hawkish cronies.
Straw, who was the UKs foreign secretary at the time of the Iraq war in 2003, was demoted by Blair to Leader of the Commons in 2006.
In his interview with Total Politics, Straw said hawkish neo-cons who surrounded the former US president may have had a hand in his removal after he upset the White House by insisting that it was inconceivable that the UK would support military action in Iran.
The veteran Labour MP also revealed that key Bush allies were never terribly keen on me.
He also explained how Blair felt disconcerted when Straw dismissed as nuts the prospect of a nuclear strike on Iran, an option that Bush subsequently refused to remove from the table.
As events have proved, we havent been involved in military action in Iran its inconceivable now: theres no way a British House of Commons would approve any kind of military action in Iran and a nuclear strike remains nuts, he added.
Straw, who is stepping down as an MP at the next election, will lead a parliamentary delegation to Tehran next week in what he has termed a welcome sign of Britains improved relations with Iran.
The former UK Labour foreign secretary is scheduled to visit Iran along with Britains former Conservative Chancellor Lord Lamont and two backbench MPs.
The three-day official visit will be the first by a delegation of British politicians since 2008.
By Press TV
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