Mr Ainsworth made the startling confession after being confronted at the meeting by BNP official and Coventry North East parliamentary candidate, Tom Gower.

Mr Gower used the public meeting to ask Mr Ainsworth, who became Secretary of State for Defence in June this year, “Now that it has been proven that there were never any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, do you accept that you and the whole of your wretched party are nothing but war criminals and have the blood of hundreds of British soldiers on your hands?”

Mr Ainsworth, clearly taken aback at the question, then told the public gathering that the reason why his party sent so many British soldiers to their deaths was because they were “fed lies by Tony Blair.”

Mr Ainsworth’s remarks will come as a huge embarrassment for the Labour Party, which has so far stuck by Mr Blair and even tried to get him elected as president of the European Union.

The public accusation by a cabinet minister that Mr Blair lied to the country and the world over the reasons for the Iraq war will no doubt cause more than a ripple through the labour Party and could even impact upon Mr Ainsworth’s future career.

The visibly shocked audience were then further amazed when Mr Ainsworth pleaded innocence by claiming that he did not know the truth because he “is an ordinary man from a council estate in Coventry. I don’t sit in ivory towers,” Mr Ainsworth said, adding that he was “sorry” about the deaths of the British soldiers in that illegal war.

Mr Gower said even he, as a firm opponent of the Labour Party and their illegal war, was taken aback at Mr Ainsworth’s remarks. “Why on earth do we have this man as our Defence Secretary?” Mr Gower asked.

“This is a man who uses his council estate roots as an excuse to send hundreds of soldiers to their deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. To make matters worse, when I pressed him about defence cuts, Mr Ainsworth completely ignored the issue and just went on with the next question.”

* Mr Gower also asked Mr Ainsworth if he thought it was “fair that we’re being dictated to by unelected bureaucrats” in Brussels. Mr Ainsworth replied that he fully supported the EU and claimed that Britain could not survive without it.

Mr Gower also grilled Mr Ainsworth on the issue of uncontrolled immigration. “How do you feel about the projections that the population of Britain is set to reach 70 million by the year 2030? Do you think this is ludicrous considering Britain is the third most overpopulated country in the world and the most overcrowded country in Europe?” he asked.

At this point Mr Gower got cheers of support from the audience. Embarrassed and clearly shaken by these projections, Mr Ainsworth stated he was happy that the population is growing, provided living conditions remain the same and that he has met many immigrants who are from war-torn countries who would rather set fire to themselves then go back to their homelands.

Mr Gower then asked, “Surely all the different countries they’ve come through to get to Britain are safe enough. Will you admit these people are only coming here to take advantage of soft touch Britain, with our free NHS and liberal benefits systems?”

Mr Ainsworth replied that he was so proud that these people are coming to Britain and refused to discuss the matter any further.

Total cost for having Bob Ainsworth as a Labour puppet and scapegoat:

Salary: £104,050

Total second home claims

2004-05: £19,275

2005-06: £18,911

2006-07: £18,878

2007-08: £23,083

Total cost to have Bob Ainsworth humiliated in front of his constituents:

03rd Dec 2009: Priceless

10 years ago I would have scorned the BNP as fascists, rascists etc, but after all these years of PC and Zanulabour, I praise the BNP and will vote for them.

Now whose fault is that?

Funny how times change,