DUPED, spun, misled, cock-up, conspiracy - strong words indeed when voiced in Westminster.

That much stronger when voiced by former Government Cabinet members against their own Prime Minister about his handling of a war.

But this is exactly what is happening today and there is no doubt that when Tony Blair returns from the G8 summit he will be horrified by the criticism that has been mounting these last few days, building towards what looks likely to be a very lively confrontation with his own MPs at Prime Minister's Questions in Parliament tomorrow.

But from what we glean from the recent TV interviews, he has still got that famous Blair trait that has bedevilled the premiership in recent months - the inability to realise that other people have completely failed to grasp the point he has tried to make.

This paper, on a number of occasions before the launch of the conflict, made the point that we remained to be convinced at the presence of the so-called weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

We were not alone in this and the Bishop of Worcester made his views very plain in a front page Evening News report.

We said it before and we repeat it today: "Convince us, Mr Blair.

"Tell the public the truth and tell them in a way that they can fully understand."

If not, then the trust the people have, and need to have, in their premier will be forever undermined and the spin could turn into sting.