No apology from Tony Blair: What a surprise!

I suppose it was too much to hope that we would have contrition from former Prime Minister Tony Blair over the invasion of Iraq.
Blair stuck to his story at the Chilcot inquiry yesterday - that he had not a regret about what turned out to be the disastrous invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam Hussein. There were no weapons of mass destruction.
Blair is undoubtedly an excellent performer in front of the cameras despite obvious nervousness at the start of his evidence.
What is clear though was that he was determined to send British ground troops into action - even rejecting a last-minute offer of a way out from the Americans.
His appearance was never going to lead to an apology from Blair for getting the UK into such a mess. He's not that type of politician - he's someone who always believes he's right despite the clear evidence to the contrary on Iraq.
But what was disgusting was that he did not talk to the families who lost loved one's in action - even through his evidence.
He should have showed compassion. He didn't and his premiership will always be tainted by Iraq - and many positive policies brought in by Labour such as the introduction of the minimum wage will be over-shadowed by his disastrous foreign policy failings.