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Chilcot Report: Jeremy Corbyn told to 'sit down and shut up' by Dudley North MP Ian Austin

A Black Country MP told Jeremy Corbyn to 'sit down and shut up' as the Labour leader set out his response to the findings of the Chilcot report in the House of Commons.

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During an outburst that stunned many MPs, Ian Austin also called Mr Corbyn 'a disgrace'.

It came during the Westminster debate on the inquiry into the invasion of Iraq, which Mr Corbyn described as an 'act of military aggression, launched on a false pretext'.

He also claimed the 'colonial style occupation' that followed had led to the rise of ISIS, and said that the war had 'long been regarded as illegal by the overwhelming weight of international legal opinion'.

Dudley North MP Mr Austin, who voted in favour of the inquiry, later said that it was time to 'lay to rest' the allegations of lies and deceit over Britain's involvement in the Iraq war.

He said it was clear from the Chilcot report that there was 'no deception of the Cabinet' and 'no secret commitment to war'.

Mr Corbyn condemned the decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 as an "act of military aggression launched on a false pretext", as he was heckled by his own MPs.

The Labour leader said the invasion and occupation of the country was a "catastrophe" as he responded to the findings of the Chilcot Report.

He also said the war had "fuelled and spread terrorism" instead of improving security at home and abroad.

Mr Corbyn was a fierce critic of the Iraq War, having previously described the action as "illegal".

And today he reiterated his stance as he hit out at the decisions which led to the UK going to war.

However, Labour MPs, including Ian Austin, voiced their displeasure at Mr Corbyn's statement as he spoke.

The Labour leader said: "The decision to invade and occupy Iraq in March 2003 was the most significant foreign policy decision taken by a British government in modern times.

"It divided this House and set the government of the day against a majority of the British people as well as against the weight of global opinion.

"The war was not in any way, as Sir John Chilcot says, a last resort.

"Frankly, it was an act of military aggression launched on a false pretext as the inquiry accepts and has long been regarded as illegal by the overwhelming weight of international legal opinion."

Mr Corbyn said the invasion had "fostered a lethal sectarianism" that turned into a civil war.

"Instead of protecting security at home or abroad, the war fuelled and spread terrorism across the region," he said.

He added: "By any measure, the invasion and occupation of Iraq has been for many a catastrophe."

Meanwhile, tearful families of some of the 179 UK military personnel who died in Iraq responded with fury to the details of shortcomings in planning and preparation uncovered by the seven-year inquiry.

Reg Keys, who was among relatives who came to London to have an early sight of the 2.6 million-word report, said it was clear that the prime minister "deliberately misled" the country over the threat from Saddam and that his military policeman son Tom "died in vain".

Sarah O'Connor, whose brother Bob died when a military plane was shot down near Baghdad in 2005, branded Mr Blair a "terrorist", while Roger Bacon, whose son Matthew was killed by a roadside bomb, said the families reserved the right "to call specific parties to answer for their actions in the courts".

The families could not be "proud" of the way the government treated their loved ones, Mr Bacon said, adding: "Never again must so many mistakes be allowed to sacrifice British lives and lead to the destruction of a country for no positive end."

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