Blair heckled, UK expert does a Kay

Tony Blair dismissed a fresh assault on the case he made for attacking Iraq but the Prime Minister was hounded by members of the public on Wednesday as he failed to quell the furore over Iraq’s missing WMDs.

Former British weapons expert Brian Jones alleged the government had overruled intelligence analysts to present a ‘‘misleading’’ pre-war dossier. As he led a debate in Parliament on Lord Hutton’s findings, five anti-war protesters heckled the PM. ‘‘No more whitewashes!’’ shouted one from the public gallery, before being evicted. The debate was briefly suspended.

Blair told Parliament that Jones’ concerns were heard by his superiors and were not taken up. He admitted that weapon search teams had not uncovered the banned arms he had ‘‘confidently expected’’ to be found.