Parliament might have been denied its debate and the cabinet might have been silenced, but there are othermeans of holding the government to account. If, by 4pm today, his lawyers have failed to agree that he willnot attack Iraq without a new UN resolution, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament will take the prime ministerto court. For the first time in history, the British government may be forced to defend the legality of itswar plans in front of a judge.