Peter Brierley, of Healey, won a lottery for seats at the inquiry into the Iraq war last Friday in London.

His son, Lt Cpl Shaun Brierley, 28, died in an accident in Kuwait in March 2003 when the vehicle he was in crashed during the first days of the Iraq War.

A handful of seats at Friday's hearing were allotted for the friends and family of soldiers who had given their lives in the conflict.

Names were selected at random and Mr Brierley won a place.

Mr Brierley, who famously refused to shake Mr Blair's hand in October, saying he had blood on it, said: "When it first started he looked very worried but as they day wore on he seemed to grow in confidence, but lots of things came out of that interview so I don't think he's off the hook yet.

"One of the reasons my son died is because of a lack of equipment. He said on Friday that they'd held off on ordering more equipment but on Monday Jock Stirrup said he'd told him they'd need to order equipment about six months before. He knew the were going to war without being properly equipped.

"He also said that at the time other countries were far more advanced in terms of their biological and nuclear weapons but they felt that if Saddam Hussain got them he would use them and that's why we went to war and that he'd do it again.

"A lot of us couldn't believe what we were hearing. How can you justify declaring war on someone just in case they do something in the future? You can't be allowed to just go off on a whim. Surely that's not legal. It was interesting to hear what he had to say, but Chilcot did say if they needed to call him back they would and if they thought anything needed answering under oath they'd take the necessary steps, so we'll just wait and see what happens."