Teflon Tony
The Tony Blair Legacy Project
Is time running out for “Haunted” Tony Blair?
Nov 22nd
Looks like the Sunday papers are lining up to take a crack at Bambi Bliar.
The Mail gleefully reports on how Tony is being attacked on three fronts:
http://bit.ly/7MPVly
However the best news is that the Telegraph has obtained leaked docs showing the chaos and deceit in the UK Cabinet in the run up to Iraq. Tony apparently sent UK troops to battle in the desert equipped with 5 bullets each and skis!
http://bit.ly/4UmyYk
We can only hope the offensive continues this week when the Chilcot inquiry opens on Tuesday.
Tony Blair fails in EU President Bid
Nov 19th
It seems that reason has prevailed and the EU have decided that having a war criminal as their unelected figurehead is not a great idea.
Of course the smug one will no doubt say he was never interested in the job but Angela Merkel seemed to think he was and quietly torpedoed his bid. It seems Tony’s Teflon shield doesn’t work against women….
Time to investigate Tony Blair over web of companies
Nov 16th
As Tony Blair used a speech in Zurich to press for less state intervention in business it appears the state may have to intervene in his business.
It seems Tony has not been exactly forthcoming on what his businesses actually do. Â According to a city accountant featured in the piece it looks as though he has set up his Windrush Ventures company formation structure to avoid prying eyes.
For those interested in unraveling exactly what he is up to the trail starts here. Search for ‘Windrush Ventures’ and for a couple of quid you can have copies of the company accounts and an unique insight into how companies are structured by those looking to avoid scrutiny.
Blair to face families of dead at inquiry.
Nov 13th
Tony Blair will have to face families of soldiers killed in his illegal Iraq war early next year.
It has been announced that government ministers, including Blair, will be grilled in Jaunary. While the inquiry is being veiwed by many as another whitewash waiting to happen, Blair cannot relish the fact that he will have to face angry families who want him to explain his lies that lead to Iraq.
Rose Gentle, whose son Gordon was among the soldiers killed in the illegal war, said the families wanted to be “face-to-face” with the former prime minister.
Blair has already displayed his usual arrogance in telling Rose Gentle how she should behave:
‘I think it is better that she is allowed to express her grief in her own way without public controversy’
That was his perspective on Rose Gentle’s accusation that her son, who was killed in Iraq, had been treated like ‘a bit of meat’, 2004.
Blair, Powell’s Brother and the Libyan Connection
Nov 8th
The Daily Telegraph reports on how a secretive company run by the brother of Tony Blair’s main adviser is profiting from being a key player in the development of Libya’s lucrative tourist industry.
No connection obviously with the fact that Teflon signed a controversial co-operation agreement with Col Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, that opened trade links for British firms only 3 months earlier.
It’s also seemingly pure coincidence to link the money that Tony Blair Associates and Lord Powell’s company seem to be raking in from the Middle East is in any way associated with Tone’s role as Middle East ‘peace’ envoy.
Company with links to Tony Blair adviser in Libya tourism deal.
Pink Piranah in last gasp effort to save Tony
Nov 7th
Methinks the unelected Meddleson should be more worried about getting himself a job lined up….
Lord Mandelson mounts final offensive to save Tony Blair’s EU presidency campaign
Hopeless Blair and Europe
Nov 7th
A great piece by Alexander Chancellor on how Blair’s chances are fading and how the devious ‘non-campaign’ he is running to become President of the EU shows his true style.
Blair’s bid to be president of Europe seems hopeless
Tony Blair’s record as ‘Quartet’ envoy displays distinct lack of substance
Nov 7th
This piece by Michael Glackin in the Lebanon Daily Star is so good I’ve published it in full to preserve it.
During a trip to Nablus earlier this year, Tony Blair insisted that improving conditions for Palestinians in the Israeli occupied West Bank was proof that a Palestinian state can be “built from the bottom up while it’s being negotiated from the top down.†Blair was referring to the removal of three Israeli checkpoints around the city. It was a typical snappy, political sound-bite of the kind Blair, special envoy for the Middle East “Quartet†– the United States, Russia, the European Union and United Nations – excels in. Remember the one about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction “which could be activated within 45 minutes?â€
Unfortunately, like the sound-bite he used to win support for the invasion of Iraq, Blair’s comments in Nablus were untrue.
Firstly there are currently no meaningful “top down†negotiations between the governments of the Palestinian Authority and Israel, nor indeed anyone else it seems. Secondly, the “bottom up†improvements that Blair was extolling, the easing of restrictions at Israeli checkpoints, only exist in a handful of places and are seen by many Palestinians as a sop for the lack of meaningful political progress to improve their plight.
These small improvements in the everyday lives of people shouldn’t be overlooked of course, but in reality they are not much to show for more than two years in his role as Quartet envoy and hardly evidence that Blair is slowly laying the economic foundations of a viable Palestinian state. This year Israel has removed 11 checkpoints, but according to the UN there are still more than 600 checkpoints and unmanned barriers choking the free movement of goods and people throughout the West Bank and Gaza.
So what exactly has Blair achieved during his two years as Quartet envoy?
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Forget Teflon Tony, now it’s Tesco Tony!
Nov 3rd
It has been reported that ol’ Bambi may have been using his position as ‘Meddling’ East peace advisor to help him wangle a quick million on the side from Tescos. If true this surely must help him in his quest to ‘win the hearts and minds’ of Palestinians.
Forget the relentless seige, the indiscriminate bombings and the illegal settlment building. They could easily get over their water crisis by letting Bliar ‘facilitate’ the building of a couple of Tesco Metros.
Of course the downside would be that it would be easier to smuggle arms through the Israeli blockade, simply by placing them in a blue stripey bag.
“For their sake, prosecute Blair”
Nov 3rd
An anonymous writer has emailed the Royal British Legion to explain why they changed a Poppy Appeal poster as above:
“There was no intent to dishonour anyone (Blair excluded) and I meant no disrespect to either the Royal British Legion and its supporters, nor to the family of Damian Wright,” the e-mail said.
“I am sorry if anyone felt misled into thinking the legion was taking a position on the rights or wrongs of current military incursions.
“I support the work of the legion, although I think it’s tragic that veterans and their families have to rely on charity, rather than receive the support they deserve from the government so quick to spend money sending our troops to war.”
One of the more interesting points of view in the email is that the writer felt pressurised into this course of direct action due to the fact that despite having lobbied their MP they had “lost all faith in the political system”.
“Those who dissent find themselves labelled as ‘domestic extremists’ and threatened with police violence and terror laws.”
Very true and the way a lot people feel in the UK now, direct action is becoming the only solution for people who want to protest.  Of course as the Lisbon Treaty is signed today and the Charter of Fundamental Rights become law across most of the EU, it’s good to know that there is a clause that states that everyone should have the “..freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority”.
Such a shame then that Teflon decided the UK didn’t need these pesky new fundamental rights and negotiated an opt-out for the UK.
Can’t really blame the writer then for his way of getting across a valid protest.
