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Blair goodbye cost £725,000



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TONY Blair's globetrotting "farewell tour" before leaving Downing Street cost the taxpayer almost £725,000, it was revealed last night.
Trips to Africa, the Middle East, the United States and Europe during his final two months in office left a bill for £724,686.

The most expensive leg was a frenetic four days in May 2007, when the then prime minister visited Washington, Kuwait, Baghdad and Basra with 18 officials at a cost of £319,100.

Just over a week later, he spent £314,755 on trips to Libya, Sierra Leone, Liberia and South Africa.



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  • Last Updated: 22 July 2008 9:32 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Jimmy the Pie,

23/07/2008 00:35:10
Money well spent to get rid of the slimey article.

The sooner the whole of New Labour Sleaze and Corruption go the better.

VOTE SNP FOR A FAIRER SCOTLAND
2

Fanling,

Switzerland 23/07/2008 01:33:07
There was a time when British prime ministers quietly faded into the background on departing office. The vainglorious Blair couldn't find the dignity to relinquish his presidential post without trumpets and drums to bolster his swollen ego.

He just couldn't resist that graceless, American-style, charm offensive. (With 18 officials ...?) Offensive charm rather, at criminal public expense. History should record and revile him as the phoney he (and his Newfake party) turned out to be.
3

Guga II,

Rockall 23/07/2008 02:46:02
That hypocritical, lying, charlatan of a war criminal, Bliar, should be sent the bill for the money.

It proves what his motivation was for getting into politics - stealing as much as he could from the taxpayer.
4

Bishop Boyne,

Loanhead 23/07/2008 04:20:46
He should be in the next cell to kradzic, awaiting trial for war crimes!
5

Pilrig.,

Livingston 23/07/2008 06:00:21
5 - he wont. Some crimes against humanity are more acceptable to the Hague than other crimes against humanity .
6

The Daleks,

Longmen 23/07/2008 06:12:30
Ah, Labour. The party of the international jet-set........er, working man.
7

Scotindy,

Los Angeles 23/07/2008 07:06:05
OH WHEN OH WHEN are we the SCOTTISH NATION going to get rid of the british scum????????????
8

waldenman,

east lothian 23/07/2008 07:26:56
Whilst Brown is (rightly) the target of all the flak at the moment it must never be forgotten that Blair was the chief architect of the current shambles.

This nasty piece of work saw that the solids were about to hit the ventilation and made good his exit leaving the hapless Brown to pick up the pieces.

Blair has of course, very astutely, slipped off the radar in the hope of repositioning himself as a 'statesman' once the heat has died down.

Some of us have long memories Mr Blair and, whilst not a religious man, I pray that your come-uppance will arrive sooner rather than later for your betrayal of those (like me) who voted for your party in 1997.


9

Jung,

23/07/2008 07:57:57
#5
Several cells next to Karadzic should be occupied.
Blair, Bush, Brown for starters.
All have committed crimes against humanity.
10

Caratacus,

West Britain 23/07/2008 08:53:11
#8
Don't worry it's started in a small way. All the numpties are moving to L.A.!
11

JayDeeTee,

23/07/2008 12:51:01
Good riddance. Ma Broon will follow soon.
12

AJ Fife,

23/07/2008 13:19:05
Arch freeloader Blair should be raking in the expenses in his current job too!

Never before, in the course of World history, has one man milked so much from disbelieving taxpayers!

btw, I wonder how much it costs to protect the murdering son of a bitch?
13

The Former Mr. Angry,

Perth 23/07/2008 15:46:04
Labour? Tony wouldn't know a shovel if he fell over it ... a bit like Broon at the G8 nearly planting a tree.
14

Whoppit,

Edinburgh 23/07/2008 18:10:38
This doesn't inlcude the 5 days on the "Gissa Job" trip in California in July 2006. He chartered a BA 777 and there were well under 100 people on board.

However, can we please stop pretending that this is an English / British / Unionist / Scottish Labour etc issue.

It is just a matter of time before the someone in the SNP gets caught out.

Power corrupts. Sad, but true.
15

Ribbonman,

23/07/2008 22:03:37
These Labour conmen have absolutely no shame. Let us give them the answer they deserve from the Scottish people,come the independence referendum.
16

democracy,

Scottish Borders 24/07/2008 02:55:53
Since AM2 has not commented, I will stand in for him and hope he thinks I'm worthy.

What is wrong with you people! Mr Blair sacrifices a normal family life to serve our great nation and brings us into the new millennium on the world stage where all other countries envy our superiority in all fields of endeavour, and all you lot can do is grudge him a few expenses from the public purse.
Well, all I can say is, have a look at the statistics:

Blairs expenses sheet has consistently been at least 9.374% below his nearest counterparts in their last two months:
Mugabe £4,567,765
Gadaffi £2,371,211
Mbeki £1,953,816
Bush $64,941,766
Hussein £3,777,934

You see, you ungrateful lot,how frugal Blair has been with tax-payers hard earned money and all you can do is moan,moan,moan. At the very least when his very frugal pension funded by the tax payers end, he should at least get a state funeral, he is worth every penny!!
17

donald,

glasgow 24/07/2008 09:11:01
It would have been cheaper to give him a one way ticket St Elba.

 

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