tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post6225998463740944564..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Fun Online Polls: Our next PM & The Chilcot ReportMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-21426018959277341502016-07-08T08:28:37.716+01:002016-07-08T08:28:37.716+01:00"British corruption is very genteel,"
Y..."British corruption is very genteel,"<br /><br />Yup, when we sneer at other countries for being corrupt, it's just snobbery. Our corruption is so much posher than theirs.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-3310486084192474882016-07-07T22:13:39.602+01:002016-07-07T22:13:39.602+01:00SL, no it doesn't, I just threw that in for fu...SL, no it doesn't, I just threw that in for fun. <br /><br />British corruption is very genteel, no PM would sell state secrets, they agree to do stuff and collect after they have left office. Why do you think William Hague got paid £80,000 a pop for "after dinner speeches"? He was in with a shot of winning in 2001, he made his promises, he didn't win, but hey, his "backers" were honourable enough to cough up.<br /><br />Which is why Michael Howard - a far more intelligent and interesting bloke - got paid nothing for "after dinner speeches" - he never had a chance of winning in 2005, so his promises were worth nothing.<br /><br />My working assumption is that Halliburton and the oil majors made indirect promises via middlemen like J P Morgan, and after the event, Mr A Blair went and collected. He certainly knows fuck all about banking.<br /><br />B, agreed. Given that there were $ billions at stake, chucking $10 million his way is small change.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-9371295243992652722016-07-07T19:36:22.378+01:002016-07-07T19:36:22.378+01:00"I'm sure he wouldn't have advised th..."I'm sure he wouldn't have advised them of any top secret information he learned in his privileged position as Prime Minister or anything untoward like that."<br /><br />I don't think he had to give any advice at all. I heard that the money was payment for supporting Dubya in Iraq.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-7503062275395257012016-07-07T17:20:48.745+01:002016-07-07T17:20:48.745+01:00I haven't read it, but does it really shed any...I haven't read it, but does it really shed any light on how Blair became so rich after leaving office?<br /><br />I was led to believe JP Morgan paid him a shed load of money to advise them. I'm sure he wouldn't have advised them of any top secret information he learned in his privileged position as Prime Minister or anything untoward like that.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.com