If at first you don’t succeed…
Posted May 27th, 2006 by Davide Simonetti
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Anyone who thought that the millionaires who ‘loaned’ money to the Labour party and had their peerages blocked by the House of Lords Appointments Commission were not going to get their peerages, might need to think again. Despite the cash for honours scandal and the on-going police investigation, it seems that Tony Blair is determined to give the donors what they paid for.
MILLIONAIRE donors whose peerages have been blocked have been told by Labour party chiefs that they are still in line for honours.
The Times has learnt that Tony Blair may put the nominees on his resignation honours list, which would bypass the vetting that prevented them from getting honours in the first place.
Well, let’s look on the bright side; at least he’s drawing up his resignation list.
Now that is assuming he will
Now that is assuming he will resign and not be locked up first
Nah anoneumouse, that's just
Nah anoneumouse, that's just him assuming he will resign and not be locked up first:)
Classic, now blair's message
Classic, now blair's message to the donors is 'keep your gob shut, don't drop me in it and you'll get your gong'.
Very good point - the
Very good point - the subtext being 'shit, I think they're going to blab to Inspector Knacker'.
Blair must be feeling the
Blair must be feeling the heat the closer Inspector Yates gets to Number 10. Lord Levy is looking more like jailbait as the investigation continues and he has already hinted that he won't take the fall for Blair. Should be an interesting summer.