Two senior Labour figures have hit back after their role in backing the invasion of Iraq was condemned as "flawed". Lord Goldsmith and Lord Chancellor Jack Straw defended their actions after Lord Bingham, the former senior law lord and one of Britain's most respected judicial experts, described the military action by Britain and the US as a " serious violation of international law". The intervention by Lord Bingham, a former Master of the Rolls and Lord Chief Justice, will reignite the debate over the Iraq war as the Government seeks to finalise a deal with Baghdad on British troops remaining in the south of the country. Lord Goldsmith, who was Attorney General at the time of the 2003...