Jeremy Corbyn tore into Tony Blair today after the Chilcot report delivered a devastating verdict on the Iraq war.
The Labour leader said the invasion was an 'act of military aggression launched on a false pretext' and argued that it had been illegal.
The veteran left-winger and CND member, a long-time opponent of the war, also hinted that he could support further repercussions against the former PM.
But he was heckled by his own MPs, with Ian Austin branding him a 'disgrace' and telling him to 'shut up'.
Mr Corbyn said: 'There are no more important decisions a Member of Parliament ever gets asked to make than those relating to peace and war,' he told MPs.
'The very least that MPs and the country should be able to expect is rigorous and objective evidence on which to base their crucial decisions.
'We now know that the House was misled in the run-up to the war and the House must now decide how to deal with it 13 years later, just as all those who took the decisions laid bare in the Chilcot Report must face up to the consequences of their actions, whatever they may be.'
The Labour leader, who highlighted the anti-war protests including the massive march in London in February 2003, said the evidence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction was 'flimsy and confected'.
The September 2002 dossier, which warned of weapons that could be made ready in 45 minutes,
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