Short shrift

By The Newsroom

Published 4th Feb 2010, 19:59 BST

Updated 4th Feb 2010, 20:05 BST

Clare Short's determination to make a point (your report, 3 February) gets in the way of broader understanding. The role of the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, was to advise the prime minister and the Cabinet on resolutions 1441, 678 and 687. His 13-page correspondence on the legality of military action against Iraq, dated 7 March, 2003, (which I have read) is to the point, well-balanced and not misleading.

IMLACH SHEARER

Carslogie Road

Cupar, Fife

Fife Iraq