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So, ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair thinks the right thing to do is get in touch with Rebekah Brooks to offer advice on the growing legal storm that eventually led to a High Court trial over phone hacking.
As my son tweeted the other day: Why should anyone be surprised? Its Blair.
Damn right. Its Blair. Tony Blair is the man who illegally forced Britain into two wars, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths (including many UK soldiers), the destruction of a couple of countries and, despite his holier than thou carapace, a loving friendship with Rupe the Snoop Murdoch then, eventually, a touching liaison with Mrs Snoop too.
No
no surprise that Blair said he was available to Brooks (legally, I might add). She was a pal facing big trouble in little Britain. She now sits in the dock charged with conspiracy to hack phones and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice (the latter is extremely serious, by the way)
Read more: http://thebirminghampress.com/2014/02/blair-here-we-go-again/
ladjf
(17,320 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)ladjf
(17,320 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)or Thatcher the Milk Snatcher. He seemed to be different, at first.
Wolf
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)leave labour behind in favor of big business.
Blair knew to stay in power he needed the Rupert Murdoch love machine. Blair duped a great many people (including me) for quite a while. So sad. He's proven to be horribly despicable but we hoped he wasn't. His "Hutton Style Inquiry" quote tells you all you need to know about how corrupt he is.
Boomerproud
(7,964 posts)I've never been so disappointed in a public figure (even Bill Clinton). What a phony and a world-class chameleon.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)now I know. It was Rupert.