“We have been lied to about the war. I dared to speak the truth.”

This Wednesday Walter Wolfgang, Labour Party veteran since 1948 and refugee from Nazi Germany, was ejected from the annual Labour Party conference for shouting the single word “Nonsense” during the speech of Jack Straw, the foreign secretary. Here he explains why he opposes British participation in the invasion and occupation of Iraq and the chilling control that Blair and his supporters exercise over the Labour Party.