A former British cabinet minister has told a inquiry that Tony Blair's cabinet was "misled" into thinking the war with Iraq was legal.
Ex-International Development Secretary Clare Short says Attorney General Lord Goldsmith was leaned on to change his advice before the invasion.
Ms Short said Mr Blair decided war was necessary, and everything was done on a wing and a prayer.
The BBC reports she quit the cabinet two months after the March 2003 invasion, in protest at planning for the war's aftermath.
In her evidence to the Iraq inquiry, in which she was highly critical of the former prime minister, she said the cabinet was not a decision-making body and called Parliament a rubber stamp.
Ms Short eventually quit the government and is now an independent MP.
Mr Blair told the inquiry last week that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had been a "monster" who, he believed, "threatened not just the region but the world".
Poll blame
A poll for the Independent newspaper has found the majority of the British public believes Prime Minister Gordon Brown shares the blame for the war with his predecessor.
It also found that many believe Mr Blair should be put on trial for going to war in Iraq.
Mr Brown was finance minister at the time of the invasion in 2003. he is due to give evidence to the inquiry before the general election.
