Tony Blair was accused of failing to justify the decisions he made to go to the Iraq war at the Chilcot inquiry yesterday by the families of the fallen soldiers.

20 relatives of dead soldiers in the Iraq conflict were given seats at the Chilcot inquiry right behind the former Prime Minister when answering questions.

One father of a fallen soldier walked out of the room saying “This is a waste of time, I can’t take this anymore”. just one hour into the questioning.

“He never gave a straight answer and could not be swayed by the inquiry panel, We waited until the very end for an apology from Mr Blair but we didn’t get one. He couldn’t bring himself to say it as far as I could see.” said Valerie O’Neill the mother of a soldier killed in a roadside bomb in 2007

The mother of another soldier, Fusilier Gentle, who was killed in action in 2004 has long campaigned for the lack of military equipment the army is provided.

Fusilier Gentle was killed when the Snatch Land Rover he was travelling in was blown up by a roadside bomb.

Mrs Gentle said it was clear Mr Blair had not involved most of his cabinet or parliament in the decision to go to war.

“His mind was made up from the start,” she said. “I don’t think anything would have changed it. I wanted to ask him – why lie?

“Why did he just not put his hand up and say why he wanted to got to war? I will be angry with that man for the rest of my life.”

Outside the inquiry was a crowd of 200 protesters who stood in the cold for hours shouting anti Blair slogans.

They carried a cardboard coffin bearing a cartoon mask of Mr Blair’s head, with the words “The Blood Price” on one side.

However most of the crowd was upset as non of them were able to see the Former Prime Minister both when he arrived and left the inquiry.

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