THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said he could make a lot more money than he does as he defended his 'jet-set' lifestyle.
The former British leader strongly denied claims that he had used his role as a peace envoy in the Middle East to win private business contracts.
Mr Blair used a wide-ranging interview to declare he had been upset by allegations that he had profited from mobile telephone and gas deals in the Palestinian territories, and that he had lobbied Colonel Gaddafi's Libyan government on behalf of the merchant bank JP Morgan, because they were "untrue" and "absurd."
His comments were made amid growing controversy surrounding his 'billionaire lifestyle' and alleged pro-Israel bias in his role as envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East – in which he mediates on behalf of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations.
The Daily Telegraph yesterday revealed his position as envoy is now in jeopardy as the Palestinian Liberation Organisation prepares a proposal to declare him persona non-grata in the next few days.
In an interview broadcast last night on India's CNBC-TV18, in which he also defended his relationship with Rupert Murdoch and blamed the children of alcoholics, drug addicts and prostitutes for Britain's recent riots, Mr Blair said recent allegations against him had been inspired by a left wing media establishment which resented him for creating New Labour, and a right wing establishment which hated him for winning three general elections. Read on and comment » | Dean Nelson, New Delhi | Friday, September 30, 2011
This man is a slime-ball and a me-freak. Does a true word ever make it out of his mouth? How the Americans took to this lying chancer is totally beyond my comprehension. And also beyond my comprehension is how a man so instrumental in creating wars could end up as a Middle East peace envoy. Go figure!
Wherever he has shown his grinning, Cheshire-cat face, he has brought war, disharmony, mayhem, and destruction. The man is slippery beyond description: he’s right-wing to the left; left-wing to the right; self-serving to all that can read his character (or lack of it); money-grubbing beyond belief; and self-deluded.
I just hope and pray that justice will eventually catch up with him. For what he has done to this once great country alone, the man should be incarcerated; and the keys should be thrown away! – © Mark
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