Tony Blair Years: Binge Eating, Sex, Dead Babies And Greed
TO the offices of Tony Blair,where the paper shredding machcine is in use:
Some of Tony Blair’s expenses claims, which the High Court last week ruled should be disclosed to the public, have been shredded. The documents, itemising Blair’s claims for household expenses during a year of his premiership, were destroyed in the midst of a legal battle over whether they should be published. All MPs’ expenses are funded by taxpayers.
Picture: Beau Bo D’Or Website
It is a criminal offence to destroy documents to prevent their disclosure under freedom of information (FOI) laws, but Westminster officials say they were unaware that the files were the subject of a legal challenge. They insist they were destroyed by mistake.
Very soon, the only record of the Blair years will be found in his colleagues’ and wife’s notes and memoirs. And we will mistake his tenure for a time of binge eating, unprotected sex , dead children, and greed…
Posted: 18th, May 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Politicians Comments (5) | TrackBack | Permalink
