The year is 2003, the UK is on the brink of invading Iraq over fears about weapons of mass destruction and Robin Cook is about to make one of the greatest speeches Parliament has ever seen.

The former foreign secretary & leader of the house felt that he could not support a war without UN backing and so decided to resign in Parliament.

David Clark, his former advisor, describes the experience of writing the speech & the emotional impact of watching his friend deliver it.

Although it did not stop the Iraq war, a source of great disappointment for Cook, the speech has been vindicated by history argues Clarke.

Produced by Robbie Hawken

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