Tony Blair will significantly reduce his tax bill by giving his profits from his book to help the Royal British Legion. is this or is this not blood money? your thought please

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Is it right that an x prime minister should be able to make money from so much misery that he cause by going to war. ? and now able to right a book on it or is this the frist admission of guilt

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I wonder if Cameron will do the same?

Why didn't Maggie do the same?

Personally, I would like to see both Thatcher and Blair in the dock, rather than benefiting from war crimes.

(The Belgrano comes to mind.)

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1year ago blair earned 16million. and since he left government 2years ago. at the tax payers expense as the British government employed him as middle east piece envoy the man that encouraged the war !! .....his earnings are estimated to be 50/100 million over the next 10 years.he has 16 interlinked companies, to make sure he pays as little UK taxes as possible, he pick up a check for 1 million for helping secure an oil contract in iraq the way i see it is .THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER FOR HIM. O not to forget he gets 1 million + from J.P.MORGAN every year what for can someone tell me why would j.p.morgan employ Mr blair

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yer your right mm... I'll reface that the man that encouraged the war

10 years of labour and this is what we have to show from a great nation that once rule the wold in principles

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said at a hearing on Tuesday that he was concerned about the proposed deal in which the London-based bank agreed to pay $298 million (191.5 million pounds) to resolve the charges over its dealings with Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Myanmar.

Barclays' extensive and long-standing relationships with not one, not two, but five nations under U.S. sanctions leads one to conclude that some entities will cut a deal with multiple devils if it makes them an extra buck.

Fred- HMS Coventry also comes to mind, shit stirring Twat!

mnamreh, I suspect TB wanted to be on the World-Stage having enjoyed such acclaim at home. This meant he needed to be "with" Bush who had his own objectives let's say. The UK still owed US a lot of money for WWII (loans) and this too may have been an issue.
....rant from here....
Let's face it Sadam should have been removed by an International (body?), because of his attack on the Kurds, laying waste etc as well as ongoing torture, folk disapearing etc. but there was little interest because it wasn't "in the West"
What was wrong, IMHO is that even with limited knowledge of the country, Britain was unable to secure any "end-game" so the population would be safe, etc.
TB's attempt at justification over WMD's and 45-minutes was silly to the point of stupidity; but his own Party was largely against another War,(remember the Croatia/Balkans?) costing lives - and money that could be better spent at home. I susperct it was this cost that largely drove Gorden Brown into his lunatic-phase.....

Whilst his Book donation is most welcome (for UK returning troops, etc), I don't think this jesture erases an unpleasant period that the World might have avoided.... and which continues until end Aug2010(DYOR), when US troop leave Afghanistans to their own (Civil War?).
The most recent bombing of recruits in the centre demonstrates the Country can't secure its own recruits properly.....fancy leaving them to crowd an area so easily bombed?.....any one of the recruits could have done it...they should have been in small groups according to region/village so likely they'd know each other.

Afghanistan needs many-times more than Book-royalties to fix; and US is soon walking away...er, it seems to me. A different social Rule applies to an oil leak that cost relatively fewer lives. I doubt many Americans are really happy with their Leaders, but as here there's little the individual can do.
+Lending (flooded) Parkistan some tough vehicles (from Afghanistan retreat) might be an International Aid jesture, FWIW... and something that might restore US actions in World eyes.
((I understand food/Aid can't get through due to lack of roads/bridges. ))
Pity the hovercraft is no longer made in Britain, eh? This would be the very terrain it's suited to. Still we'll be updating Trident before long, to keep our Admirals happy. Did Trident Mk1 fail to work, or have the CMOS batteries failed... just how many deliverable mega-tons does Britain need?

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Blair is an intelligent man. bush, clinton and obama on the over hand are Goldman suck and j.p.morgan freddie may exc .. puppet!. if these people are so in favor and belive in the war so much ..i mean really belive in what there doing . OK but would they all go to the fount line them self because if they do then I'll be the first to go hand in hand with them . also would they be in favor of financing the war from there own bank account ...some how i don't think so but to spend our money hey thats OK . all i,ve heard all my life is them Communist rat bag,.. how bad they are, .. and how bad they run there countrys , hey it ok now because we need china and it markets there great guys whats changed there still communist but becuase the USA needs someone to buy there bonds there all good guys. now!! please there a joke the wold is changing and not for the better..? anyone feel free to add...

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hey welcome to europe who next in line ?

you would think that capitalism was not working .if you look at them figures let me tell you your right .

because you can not pump all that money into economies to try and stop banks that are to big to fail ,from failing because capitalism don't work like that you get rewarded if you do well and punished if you fail,........ anyone feel free


The Greek economy is being torn to shreds by the very thing meant to save it, austerity, according to Der Spiegel.

The list of awful associated with the fallout from the countrys austerity measures is daunting. Heres a quick rundown of how Greeces economy has been cannibalized, according to Der Spiegel:

Unemployment in the port city of Perama has reached a staggering 70%
A quarter of shops on the key Athens shopping street of Stadiou have for rent signs
17% of all shops in Athens have filed for bankruptcy
The unemployment rate looks set to rise to 14.3% in 2011

And, as Der Spiegel notes, a newspaper in the country is calling on the government to pray to Mary, the mother of Jesus, to save the countrys economy.


LETS not forget the great USA


The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts reports that personal bankruptcy filings for the year ended June 30, 2010 surged to a five year high, hitting 1.57 million, a 20% increase from the prior year. Furthermore, in the period between April and June, there were 422,061 bankruptcy filings, a 9% increase from the 388,148 in the previous quarter, and up 11% from 381,073 a year earlier. As Reuters highlights, quarterly filings surpassed 400,000 for the first time since a record 667,431 bankruptcies were begun in the fourth quarter of 2005, when Congress overhauled federal bankruptcy laws and made it harder for people and businesses to file. Yet while that was an administrative adjustment to bankruptcy law, this time it is all organic, and an indication of the ongoing incapability of America's politicians to fix the economic collapse. Indicatively, Nevada had the highest rate of filings on a per capita basis in the last year, with 11.74 per 1,000 people, while Alaska had the fewest, with just 1.58 per 1,000. The states with the most bankruptcies were California (241,975), Florida (107,373), Illinois (80,801), Georgia (77,809), and Ohio (72,924). A full split of all bankruptcies by state and by filing type is presented below.

You're an idiot, Fred. We were at war and Belgrano was a threat.

Erebus,

You must have had a relative on the boat.

There is such a thing as exhaustion of negotiation and winning an election.

Erebus,

You must have had a relative on the boat.

There is such a thing as exhaustion of negotiation and winning an election.

Erebus,

You must have had a relative on the boat.

There is such a thing as exhaustion of negotiation and winning an election.

Calm down Fred , your finger is shaking.

Once the British fleet reached the south atlantic it couldn't wait at sea for more negotiations.

The Belgrano was sailing away from the fleet , but the exocets could still be fired at our fleet, if we had lost a airgraft carrier 1,000 's would have been killed

fred1 aldwickk is this what you two do for a living can't belive the power of your minds ;-)) still nice the have you on board