Tony Blair

[MD12]

The Man Who Would Be EU King?
By News Team ⋅ January 15, 2008

It is reported this morning that the embodiment of Labour socialism, Tony Blair, will receive around £2.5 million per annum in respect of his new post at the American JP Morgan investment bank. It is further suggested that this is the first of a series of posts that could see Labour’s former Number One rake in a staggering £40million!

According to a BBC report, Blair is expected to “advise JP Morgan on the political and economic changes brought about by globalisation”. This is in addition to his role as an envoy to the Middle East and an after-dinner speaker. By coincidence, JP Morgan is heading up a consortium of major business concerns set to make billions from the recovery of Iraq’s economy. It has also been chosen to run the new Trade Bank of Iraq, which has reportedly raised billons in trade guarantees through mortgaging future oil production and will make huge profits from the deals.

The news concerning Blair’s lucrative post with the bank provoked fierce criticism when it was first disclosed last week. Indeed, the father of one young British soldier, who was killed in Iraq in 2003, said it was “almost akin to taking blood money”. This gentleman reportedly added: “If he had a conscience or any sensitivity, he would not have taken this job”. Even the Tories, a party having a long history of sleaze, claim to find the appointment distasteful. One of their number said: “It will be viewed with some contempt by the armed forces that he picks up this large cheque when he was happy to send British troops into battle ill-equipped and in insufficient numbers.”

In addition, whilst Westminster watchdogs have told Blair that he must not attempt to lobby his former Government colleagues on behalf of the bank for the next 12 months, there is no barrier to his employment prospects. The Wall Street bank maintains, however, that he will provide strategic and political advice, as well as appearing at events with its clients. Notwithstanding, the deal will certainly come in useful, as the Blairs have yet to pay off an estimated £5 million in mortgages on their various properties.

It is also reported that Blair has signed a deal worth around £5 million to write his memoirs, not to mention his entitlement to a taxpayer funded prime ministerial pension of £64,000 a year!

Meanwhile, over in France, president Nicolas Sarkozy is spearheading a campaign to have Blair installed as the first president of the EU - a post widely believed will command a salary of over £200,000 a year. Quite what Sarkozy expects to get out of any such appointment remains unclear – but could conceivably be that of the post of vice-president. And, of course, Blair’s recent entry into the Catholic Church is pure coincidence, and has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the EU is overwhelmingly Catholic!

Source - http://www.bnp.org.uk

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Kevin

[resistance]

Après certains vont écrire dans leurs torchons que Blair veut le bien de son pays...

[Miroir]

Meanwhile, over in France, president Nicolas Sarkozy is spearheading a campaign to have Blair installed as the first president of the EU - a post widely believed will command a salary of over £200,000 a year. Quite what Sarkozy expects to get out of any such appointment remains unclear – but could conceivably be that of the post of vice-president.

Sàrközy peut difficilement prétendre au poste de président de l'union européenne tant qu'il est président de la république française.
Blair, lui, est disponible et peut essuyer les plâtres.
Nous pouvons être certains que Sàrközy n'espère aucun retour d'ascenseur, comme le soutien de Blair pour lui succéder dans quelques années...