Tony Blair got cash for deal with South Korean oil firm

[sabra]

Source: Guardian UK

Watchdog orders publication of former prime minister's payment by oil firm that was kept secret for 20 months

Tony Blair has received cash from a South Korean oil firm in a deal kept secret until the business appointments watchdog intervened, the Guardian has learned.

After 20 months of secrecy, the former prime minister has now been overruled by the chairman of the advisory committee on business appointments, the former Tory cabinet minister Ian Lang.

Lang this week ordered publication of Blair's deal with UI Energy Corporation, which has extensive oil interests in the US and in Iraq.

Blair repeatedly claimed to the committee, which assesses jobs taken up by former ministers, that the existence of the deal had to be kept secret at the request of the South Koreans, because of "market sensitivities".


Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/mar/17/tony-blair-cash-south-korea-oil

[dipsydoodle]

1. Nothing would surprise me

with that POS.

[sabra]

2. "which has extensive oil interests in the US and in Iraq"

just a coincidence of course...

[troubledamerican]

13. Go see "The Ghost Writer"

Maybe Tony still has a mega-surprise up his sleeve

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

Snort

[avaistheone1]

4. Oh God!

Funny... Barack Obama is reminding me more and more of sell-out Tony Blair.

How convenient that Tony Blair rushed Great Britain into war, and now as secured for himself a cash deal with an oil company with U.S. and Iraq oil interests.

I would venture that Obama would call him a savvy businessman.

I will not be surprised if Obama follows the same path as Mr. Blair, once Obama leaves office.

[Soylent Brice]

5. lol. he's competing with * to see who can out-douchebag the other.

K&R

[h9socialist]

6. An Observation

Tony Blair was the best Tory Prime Minister that Labour ever produced!

[Romulox]

7. An ideological twin to our Presidents Clinton and Obama.

All "New" politicians.

[dflprincess]

8. And Clinton is the best Republican president the Democrats ever produced

though by the time he's done I'm expecting that Obama may take that title.

[h9socialist]

12. Be careful . . .

Obama may simply be a pragmatist. I believe that down deep he's a good guy, having to play a lousy hand of cards in a political system that is decadent to say the least.

[PassingFair]

9. Bad Poodle! Bad Dog!

Nasty little poodle!

[SoapBox]

10. Sleazy...

This guy is totally skeezy.

[Hutzpa]

11. BS

this is a vendetta to soil his image.