Blair Makes Millions Blair Makes Millions Tony Blair's earnings since leaving Downing Street are calculated to have topped £12 million, more than six times his previous lifetime
income.
The former Prime Minister, who tours the world speaking to audiences including
investment banks, private equity firms and chambers of
commerce, is now said to be the highest-paid speaker in the world.
Goodness. All those financiers giving Tony Blair soooo much money.
You know, the ones currently being bailed out.
By you; the taxpayer.
Coincidence?
Aw Harry; you are such a fool. You don't think that Tony Blair knew that the
current economic crises was going to come about, do you?
No. But I do know that politicians have been 'on message' for some time.
"Support the big financiers and, one day, they will reward you - most
handsomely."
Oh look. There's more!
He has made £4.6 million from his memoirs, an estimated £2 million from JPMorgan Chase - including bonus - and £500,000 from
Zurich Financial Services.
Does anyone really think that Tony Blair is a financial whizz-kid of some
sort? - and that this is why these high-faluting financiers are so eager to hear
his pearls of wisdom.
Blair knows about as much about finance as I do.
Blair knows about as much about finance as I do.
Less, probably!
Wake up.
This is just a money-laundering scam! The lofty financiers were not going
to give Blair any money while he was in office, because this would have been
illegal. So, instead, they wait until he leaves office and then they give him
huge fees to talk about something or other. And Blair knew that
this would happen. Unlike most of you lot out there, politicians know
how the game is played. (Hence, for example, the recent clandestine
shenanigans of left-wing MP Peter Mandelson and right-wing MP George Osborne dancing
naked together, hand in hand, while on the yacht of some Russian billionaire
oligarch who runs the most enormous aluminium company. Well, something like that.) The Times can disclose that
Tony Blair has become a particular favourite with the Washington-based Carlyle
Group. Ah yes. The Carlyle Group. Who would have guessed it? Not you! That's
for sure! Carlyle Group is a leading private equity investor in the military. Its board has been graced by both Presidents Bush and its former European chairman was Sir John Major. Now.
Let's read that first bit again - together - shall we? Carlyle Group is a leading private equity investor in the
military. Louder please. Carlyle Group is a leading private equity investor in the
military! That's better. Another coincidence? Have a good think
about it. And now, take a look at this ... Carlyle and the Blair Government have a controversial history. The National Audit Office said taxpayers lost millions from the privatisation of spy technology because of Labour's decision to appoint Carlyle Group as a preferred bidder too quickly. Yep. Carlyle
got the mazulah. And now it's payback time. Hence the lectures and the
money-laundering. Ho
Hum. And now, of course, every politician knows that if they
cosy up to the Carlyle Group ... a leading private equity investor in the
military ... or to the big financiers, they will likely get a
most excellent reward. And that, My Dear Reader, is how our
current democracy works.
... Crackdown On Downloads A few months later. Oh look, ...
Crackdown On Downloads
Lord Mandelson launched a crackdown on internet piracy just days after
meeting a leading Hollywood critic of illegal file sharing.
Lord Mandelson ordered officials to draw up the draconian regulations
days after dinner with David Geffen.
It never stops, does it?
Watch Mandelson slowly reap numerous rewards from those lofty wealthy folk
who will benefit from his proposals.
Mandelson has probably just guaranteed himself a small fortune in
future earnings.
And he knows it!
Mandelson, of course, denies that the sudden change in government policy
has anything to do with his meeting with the Hollywood magnate, and he
claims that they never discussed the matter of internet piracy together.
But this is just deceit.
Mandelson knew exactly what was wanted of him
before the meeting. And the reason for his meeting was to
ensure, off the record, that some reward would be coming his way in the
future - which, clearly, it is.
The basic tactic that has been used by many politicians in the UK in order
to feather their own nests has been very simple.
They have handed various rights, liberties and protections previously
afforded to the British people over to very powerful and/or wealthy others
in order to reap benefits for themselves
later on.
Their support for a super European state (whereby individual countries
gradually forfeit their independence to this superstate) being an ongoing
example of this tactic.
Mandelson would sell London to the highest bidder if he thought that he
could get away with it.
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