Only four of the committee's 11 members bothered to turn up - and those who did seemed to have forgotten that Blair left office four years before Britain and France combined to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. They repeatedly asked about the merits of that decision – even trying to probe him on what military and intelligence chiefs might have said to David Cameron - and he repeatedly pointed out that he was in no position to pass judgement. “You guys are going to have to write your own report!” he said, briefly giving way to exasperation.