A group of SNP MSPs has called for Tony Blair to be tried in Scotland for taking the UK to war in Iraq, Scotland On Sunday reports.

A parliamentary motion calling for Blair to be prosecuted has been laid down at Holyrood and has been signed by eight MSPs. It cites the verdict of a Dutch commission of judges earlier this month, which concluded that the United Nations resolution used to go to war in 2003 was insufficient to justify military action.

The Nationalists claim that, as Scots law complies with international law, Scottish prosecutors have the power to investigate the findings. They say that if the Crown Office then finds that evidence compelling, they should prosecute Blair.

The call is being led by MSP Bill Wilson, but an SNP spokeswoman confirmed last night that it “reflects the views many still hold” about the decision to take military action.

But Labour claimed their opponents were guilty of trying to make “infantile political capital” out of the Iraq issue, saying they should focus their attention on jobs and the economy.

That’ll be the economy wrecked by Labour, then. Yes, we can talk about that too.

In his letter to the Lord Advocate, Wilson declares: “It would seem you have the power to investigate the conclusions of the Dutch commission and, should you find the evidence against them compelling, prosecute the former UK prime minister. I urge you to do so.”

The Dutch commission, which studied the country’s own political backing for war in Iraq, concluded that UN Resolution 1441 fell short of supporting full military action.

That resolution, passed in November 2002, warned Iraq of “serious consequences” if it continued to obstruct UN weapons inspectors, offering it one final opportunity to comply.

Britain’s own top legal adviser, the Advocate General, Lord Goldsmith, eventually decided that 1441 was enough to justify war, although it emerged last week that he had initially had his doubts.

Wilson is citing Scots law, which declares that a rule of “customary international law” is followed automatically in this jurisdiction.

He said: “Those responsible for misleading the public and initiating such bloodshed should be brought to book. I look forward to seeing the detention and trial of Tony Blair, and I urge the Lord Advocate to look into the matter.”

He believes Scottish courts, and not the International Criminal Court at the Hague, should conduct an investigation.

And if this doesn’t get the criminal locked away for a very long time, we can go down the road of trying him for treason. Not only did he send our armed forces away to face death based on the flimsiest, of what was laughingly called, ‘intelligence’, but the government he led systematically gave powers away to Brussels and re-engineered society to destroy our institutions and way of life.

Blair is an enemy of our country and if there is any justice left in the confused mess he has reduced our beautiful islands to, his crimes will be made manifest for all to see and his punishment a fitting reminder for future politicians never again to betray the British people.