Tony Blair’s J P Morgan Wage Is Good For Britain
“TONY Blair will earn around £2 million a year in his part-time role as adviser to the Wall Street bank JP Morgan without ever having to go into the office,” says the Telegraph.
“BLAIR’S £1m-A-Year PAYBACK FOR IRAQ,” thunders the Mail’s front-page headline.
Says Reg Keys, whose son was killed in Iraq: “If he had a conscience or any sensitivity he would not have taken this job.”
Chimes Conservative defence spokesman Gerald Howarth: “It will be viewed with some contempt by the armed forces that he picks up this large cheque when he was happy to send British troops into battle ill-equipped and in insufficient numbers.”
“It’s almost like blood money,” comes the headline inside the paper.
But surely if Tony is earning money and domiciled in the UK, he is paying UK taxes. His wages will go into the big pot and be used to pay for things like better guns, improved armour and more soldiers.
Like him or not, Blair has the right to earn money…
Posted: 11th, January 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Money, Politicians, Tabloids, The Blairs Comments (2) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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January 12th, 2008 at 8:16 am
These people are beneath comtempt. Blair, single handed, has done more damage to the office of PM and the the ‘brand’ of MP than any other person, including Wilson, Stonehouse, Profumo, Mandelson, Prescott and the rest.
January 11th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Says Reg Keys, whose son was killed in Iraq: “If he had a conscience or any sensitivity he would not have taken this job.”
Mr keys if we as a nation had any backbone Mr Blair would have been tried for lying to us in order to go to war.
however as a nation of grumbling jellyfish we allow Blair and Bush to profit handsomely from the death and destruction they have caused.
thousands of innocent people have died to make the rich richer .
this was not the war on terror ….
this was the war of terror ! ! !
the world is not a safer place as a result .