Damien

I think most of us has figured it would be delayed until after the election once it got delayed this much. We probably won't know for a while who has actually delayed it. I think the Government would have preferred it to be delayed so that it doesn't become an issue during the campaign but I doubt they would have allowed the slightest hint of applying pressure for any delay. Blair, maybe, but he wouldn't be able to delay it indefinitely and considering the current leadership of the Labour party are not exactly his type then I don't see why he would care too much about the timing.

Maybe it is just a Nixon-esque concern over the conversations between Blair and Bush that is the issue.