SILLY BOY BLAIR

With Blair’s departure date rapidly approaching, you would think that he would do anything to avoid controversy. Not Tony, though, he just can’t help showing his arrogance and ignorance in abundance. Six months ago Blair personally stopped a Serious Fraud Office enquiry into BAE and a series of illegal payments to certain Saudi officials. Centred on a rather luscious Eurofighter deal, the sandal involved payments of approximately £1 billion to Prince Bandar bin Sultan. Whilst the anger surrounding this affair had virtually subsided (lets face it, Blair had set his government above the law) it reared it’s kickback head again this week when the Guardian accused Lord Goldsmith, Attorney General, of authorising the with holding of certain damning information from the eyes of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) who were also slightly miffed with the antics of BAE. With no control of the OECD, Blair couldn’t wield his “no go” hammer, so it’s not feasible to think that he had no involvement in authorising the placing of certain documents at the back of the draw!

Despite the fact that the BAE affair is back on the agenda and with the possibility of further revelations in a Panorama programme, Blair has been putting pressure on officials to bring forward the signing of a £20 billion arms deal with the Saudi government to buy the new Eurofighter. Not wanting Brown to have the glory of one of the fighter deals the country has ever seen is merely fuelling the demand for an enquiry. If he had left well alone, the issue would have rumbled on but never the less ran out of steam. But no, with an ego that needs more fuel than a Eurofighter on full throttle, he can’t resist having one more go. Stupid man!