Letter: Late conversion

Ed Balls now says the Iraq war was wrong (your report, 22 May). My wife and I, and the million or so others who took part in the protest marches in Glasgow, London and elsewhere, knew that more than seven years ago.

Did Mr Balls also know that No 10, as the Butler Report made clear, had deliberately altered the intelligence material in the dossier presented to parliament to strengthen the case for invasion? The invasion was not just wrong, it was based on being "economical with the truth".

RONNIE CRAMOND

Oswald Road

Edinburgh