Britain's involvement in the 2003-2011 war in Iraq was one of the most controversial foreign policy decisions in modern history. For some, it was not merely a mistake but a war that was entered into on deliberately false pretences. We hear from Chris Ames, who has spent years chronicling the Iraq inquiry and the search for a "smoking gun" that would prove Tony Blair's intent to deceive.
The war split opinion on the left at the time of the invasion, and arguments continue to rage over whether liberals should intervene against dictatorships like that of Saddam Hussein's Iraq. The debate is not merely academic: next week marks two years since the first uprising in Syria against the Assad regime. Is Britain's offer of "non-lethal" equipment to the rebels justified and is it enough?
On the panel this week we have Guardian columnists Anne Perkins and Seumas Milne and the Observer's Nick Cohen.
Also this week, a bit of pre-budget freelancing from Vince Cable reiterated his own desire for a change of pace on the government's austerity policy. And with pressure from within the Tory party for more radicalism in this year's budget, will there be a rabbit out of the hat? Osborne himself is under pressure to avoid a repeat of last year's statement, which was widely derided as an "omnishambles".
Plus: we look back at the controversial 14-year rule of Hugo Chavez, who died this week aged 58. The Venezuelan "commandante" presided over a steep drop in poverty rates - but according to Rory Carroll, he leaves behind some serious economic and social problems.
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