Monday, March 22, 2010
Politicians - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair
Politicians are likely all the same.
There's just too much money around for them, during and after their elected terms...
There's just too much money around for them, during and after their elected terms...
Jason Groves has the whole story in the U.K. Daily Mail:
"The former Prime Minister tried to keep the public in the dark over his dealings with South Korean oil firm UI Energy Corporation.
Mr Blair - who has made at least £20million since leaving Downing Street in June 2007 - also went to great efforts to keep hidden a £1million deal advising the ruling royal family in Iraq's neighbour Kuwait.
In an unprecedented move, he persuaded the committee which vets the jobs of former ministers to keep details of both deals from the public for 20 months, claiming it was commercially sensitive. The deals emerged yesterday when the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments finally lost patience with Mr Blair and decided to ignore his objections and publish the details."
