Was Clegg right to call the Iraq war illegal considering he is Deputy Prime Minister ?

Not much wrong in his statement really.

If they (the US and UK govts) manufactured stories about WMD as we all now know to be the case, manipulated details and twisted facts and figures about Saddam's ability to launch at British targets blah-blah, then they used the media and public opinion to start a war. They told lies in order to invade a country and kill hundreds of thousands of many innocent people' and it's going to haunt us all for decades. Clegg is therefore right to say that the Iraq war was illegal in that case. I suppose you could call it a gaffe of sorts, however he is only telling the truth really - on that matter.

he has the right to his opinion but when standing in for the prime minister the only opinion he should be giving is the one authorized by downing street. As far as the war being illegal, of course it was. It served no other purpose than to get the U.S. government and its allies entrenched over there and give their big business buddies the access they've always wanted. But it should be determined by the world court if the actions taking against Iraq were legal or illegal. Me saying it is means nothing, without hard copy to back it up with.

Yes he was.

What he wasn't right in doing was to re-clarify his position saying that it was his own personal position. It may be, but it's also the position of your own party and he shouldn't have budged on that under pressure from his Tory warmonger classmates. This Lib Dem position was the only reason that I voted for them in 2005. This was the year to get rid of Tony Bliar and new Labour, not 2010 when the country needs Gordon Brown to guide us through the upcoming financial storm instead of these ConDem idiots.

Yes. That was his position, why not state it? It seems that no matter what he does, he will be attacked. That looks more like opportunism on the part of his attackers than anything that he may have done wrong.

If a Liberal Democrat gives their backing to a Conservative policy, they've sold out their principles.

If a Liberal Democrat speaks out against a position held by the other party in the coalition they are attacking their own government.

This was an attack on Labour's record by a Liberal Democrat politician who opposed the labour party's decision, albeit one in which they were backed by the tories.

It's a bit of a non-story - the decision to invade Iraq was taken long before the "Con-Dem" coalition was formed.

Well, since his own party's stated position all throughout this stupid flaming war was one of opposition to it, I'd suggest he's retained a modicum of respect amongst voters for sticking with his instincts.

God knows he needs to get it from somewhere. He's got damn little left after selling his own voters out to the Conservatives. Vote Liberal, get Conservatives in government.

Still... worth it to get rid of Labour... isn't it? Nah, I'm not that bloody green.

Yes as that is his opinion, I thought it was nice to see a politician say what he thinks rather than just skirting around the issues like they normally do

Yes, because erm it was an illegal war. Anybody who defends this war now is stupid, senseless and has no heart at all.

The truth hurts they say, so if it hurt Cameron and all those who believed and supported the Blair,Brown,Labour Party lies that's just too bad.

Yes, because he had nothing to do with the Iraq war.

Actually, in context he was completely wrong. What he should have been doing was ANSWERING a question, which he didn't manage at all.