Not only did the march have the traditional left but also, for example, there was the Muslim community, sections of the Jewish community, Liberal Democrats, even some Tories.

The 2 million of us who marched against the Iraq invasion 10 years ago created a force that is still shaping politics and society.

The greatest weapon of mass destruction was the invasion itself: over the past ten years, Iraqis have seen the physical, social and economic destruction of their country.

The hawks were wrong on every count. Wrong about the weapons; wrong about being greeted with flowers; wrong about the human cost; wrong about Iraq becoming a flourishing democracy.

There are hundreds of shocking testimonies documenting sexual abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners and their families by British armed forces between 2003 and 2008.

This compensation leaves a sour taste: it is certainly not justice done, the full truth of what happened is yet to emerge, and those responsible have not been held to account.

Human rights groups say that the abuse was systemic, and carried out by military interrogators and guards in accordance with both their training in the UK and orders issued in Iraq.

The medical recommendation of the gynaecologists to the women of Fallujah is simple: just stop. Stop falling pregnant because it is likely you will not give birth to a healthy baby.

Obama and Romney agreed on sanctions against Iran which, they claimed, posed a nuclear threat to the Middle East, evoking the lies told about Iraq, as if that catastrophic war never happened.

"If a country has sent its young men to another country to die, to restore - create democracy, you'd expect, well you'd expect a bit of gratitude, wouldn't you?" - John Humphreys, BBC

It is well known that the US used depleted uranium weapons in Iraq during the 1991 Gulf war; and Iraqis, at least, are well aware of the increases in cancers and infant mortality rates.

The latest study found that in Fallujah, more than half of all babies surveyed were born with a birth defect between 2007 and 2010. Before the siege, this figure was more like one in 10.

After ten years, we have never held anyone accountable for one of the biggest lies in American history. Perhaps it would be a useful to look at who benefited from the war.

An official has resigned from the inquiry examining whether British troops abused and tortured Iraqi prisoners because she says it has become "little more than a whitewash".

Alastair Campbell basks in the celebrity limelight, his war crimes expurged from the collective imagination, instead of demanding prosecution alongside those of Tony Blair.

Far too many of those who lied to parliament and people in order to take us in to an illegal and devestating war are still in positions of public power and responsibility.