The Renaissance of Impeachment

Plesch, Dan

Abstract

This chapter provides a personal account of the origin and conduct of the campaign by some members of the British House of Commons to use the idea and process of impeachment to bring the then Prime Minister Tony Blair MP to account for his conduct in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. It also makes suggestions for the modernisation of the impeachment process and the connection between the impeachment effort and any future international attempt to bring Blair before a court.

Citation

Plesch, D. (2023). The Renaissance of Impeachment. In C. Monaghan, & M. Flinders (Eds.), British Origins and American Practice of Impeachment. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003255956-15

• Publication Date: Dec 12, 2023
• Deposit Date: May 5, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 13, 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Series Title: Routledge Frontiers in Accountability Studies
• Book Title: British Origins and American Practice of Impeachment
• ISBN: 9781032187259
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003255956-15