Tony Blair donates book cash to injured soldier charity

Rids said:
Well done to him, a good gesture and the money will find its way to deserving people who have served this country well.
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This. I dont care if he has 4 trillion. 4 million is a lot of money donated to a good cause.

Thanks Tony and I hope the money actually reaches the people who deserve it.
 
Good on him. But how much does he have :o was truely surprised when I heard this on radio

Edit: at above post... The ****
 
Good god, who on earth would want to be Prime Minister, for the rest of your life hounded and derided for your actions? I very much suspect it was like a knife through his very soul every time someone died in Iraq or Afghanistan, and joe public (who no doubt would have done a much much better job as PM) is always far too eager to twist that knife.

How many people in the UK would have made the same decisions if they'd found themselves in power? Probably a hell of a lot more than anyone is willing to admit, but thank the lord it wasn't and instead we have our scapeboat in Blair.

Good on him for making the donation, I'm sure many people would be living it up in a tropical tax haven right now.
 
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Stringy said:
Good god, who on earth would want to be Prime Minister, for the rest of your life hounded and derided for your actions?
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When you mislead a Parliament and country, taking a country to war, destabilise the entire region, ruin relations between already fragile communities, indirectly cause the death of more than a million people, I don't see a problem.
 
TS7 said:
His homes alone are worth £14m. He's made atleast £20m from speeches since leaving his post as PM.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/01/31/tony-blair-s-45million-fortune-115875-22007050/
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You cant blame him for trying, how much did Maggie make after being in power, she didn't think twice about the towns she turned into ghettos and wasting the north sea oil/gas.

We should have never of gone to war but it happened and we are paying for it now as are Afghan/Iraqis

Things happen, £4 million is not to be sniffed at.
 
Stringy said:
How many people in the UK would have made the same decisions if they'd found themselves in power? Probably a hell of a lot more than anyone is willing to admit, but thank the lord it wasn't and instead we have our scapeboat in Blair.
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It's fine, I suspect history will be a lot kinder to Blair than these people would like to admit :)
 
Fegruson said:
So what you're saying is it only takes money to make up for what he's done?

I'm not condoning or making excuses on his behalf, but it was the Americans that presented the evidence - we were foolish enough to believe it.
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No, I'm saying no amount of money can make up for what he's done. And the pursuing of "evidence" that claimed WMD could be launched in 45 minutes was entirely our own falsification.
 
Tony Blair was one of the best Prime Ministers this country has ever had, unfortunately he happened to be in office at the same time as *the* worst american president of all time. No matter who had been in power here during that period they would have supported america in whatever they did. Hindsight being the wonderful thing it is, allows us to see just what an utter incompentant W Bush was. If only Blair had had more time along side Clinton, especially during the years Al Queda ramped up their campaign, the world could have been a vastly different place right now.
 
Hatter The Mad said:
When you mislead a Parliament and country, taking a country to war, destabilise the entire region, ruin relations between already fragile communities, indirectly cause the death of more than a million people, I don't see a problem.
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Of course, Blair gathered all the misleading intelligence and was the sole person behind the decision to go to war, how silly of me to forget.
 
The book is going to sell regardless and his donation is not going to change many people's minds about him so I think it is a good thing the money is going to charity. Doesn't change my perception of Blair nor my dislike of him but a worthy charity is £4m better off.
 
Anyone who thinks this is going to 'cost' him £4 million is very much mistaken, he will still be making money on the book thanks to the tax he can write off.

Clever move.
 
Wicksta said:
Anyone who thinks this is going to 'cost' him £4 million is very much mistaken, he will still be making money on the book thanks to the tax he can write off.

Clever move.
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Not to mention the good press will make him more marketable as a speaker/advisor.
 
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