Having delayed his report into the Iraq War for more than six years, Sir John Chilcot has been branded a man without a conscience by the families of the fallen.

Tony Blair denies that he is one of the witnesses who has held up its publication, but few doubt that it is he who has most to lose from its publication.

The father of Lance Corporal Thomas Keys is among those pleading for closure. He has said that he still uses his son's razor every day and thinks: ''This has touched Tom's face. It's the only razor I will ever use''. Had he survived in Iraq, Tom would be 32 today, just one year older than Blair's son Euan.

It's not just Chilcot who should be branded a man without a conscience.

Colin Henson, Ullswater, York