The airwaves have been full of recriminations and accusations for former PM Tony Blair this week. The reason for this? Having written a book therm has had the audacity to donate the money (£4m to date) to the Royal British Legion.
Writing about Iraq and the deployment of British troops there, the man would have been condemned by many for making money out of the event. So he hasn'tade money from it and he's still condemned!
The RBL is sn excellent recipient for the money as it services the needs of all who have served on the British forces.
We should be celebrating the donation and the opportunity for welfare and support that all who have served that it brings.
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Yep. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. FWIW I think Blair was disastrously misled by the Americans who compounded this by having no idea or plan of what should happen once the invasion took place. I'm glad the RBL will be getting the £4m proceeds.
I agree Vic. I can't bear the man, nor his money-grubbing wife, but I think this is a genuine gesture on his part (and the fact that he can well afford it is neither here nor there) and should be received in that spirit. After all, the well-deserving will benefit from it.
So, will he be donating lots of money from his next book or lecture-tour-fee to the Society for the Protection of the Unbotn Child, as a slight penance for all the human lives his abortion promotion policies have caused? I don't think so. That man has gallons of blood on his hands, and only a small proportion of it is related to Middle Eastern wars.
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