31/01/2010
BBC News
Gordon Brown was "marginalised" by Tony Blair in the build-up to the Iraq war, former International Development Secretary Clare Short has said.
The then chancellor neither opposed nor supported the invasion but was "preoccupied" by other concerns, she told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
Ms Short also described Mr Blair's evidence to the Iraq inquiry on Friday as "ludicrous".
Ms Short quit the cabinet shortly after the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
She is due to appear before the inquiry - looking at the UK's role in the lead-up to the war, its conduct and aftermath - on Tuesday.
'Very powerful'
Ms Short told the Andrew Marr Show: "In most of the run-up to the war Gordon and Tony were in one of their fallen-out phases and Gordon was marginalised, not included and not in the inner group.
The then chancellor neither opposed nor supported the invasion but was "preoccupied" by other concerns, she told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
Ms Short also described Mr Blair's evidence to the Iraq inquiry on Friday as "ludicrous".
Ms Short quit the cabinet shortly after the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
She is due to appear before the inquiry - looking at the UK's role in the lead-up to the war, its conduct and aftermath - on Tuesday.
'Very powerful'
Ms Short told the Andrew Marr Show: "In most of the run-up to the war Gordon and Tony were in one of their fallen-out phases and Gordon was marginalised, not included and not in the inner group.
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