Feeling guilty Tony?

**SupremeSpod** · 17 August 2010, 06:47

Does he hell as like feel guilty!

He doesn't need the money and it's great publicity for him.

Personally if I were in charge at the British Legion I'd tell him to go f**k himself, publicly!

**Paddy** · 17 August 2010, 07:16

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to donate the profits from his memoirs to a sports centre for injured soldiers.
A spokesman said Mr Blair would hand over the reported £4m advance payment plus all royalties to honour "their courage and sacrifice".

The Royal British Legion will receive the money after the book, A Journey, is published next month.

Ignorance of the media again. Advance payments include publishing, distribution and publicity costs. Advancements rarely (if ever) come in a one lump payment. Blair’s book will probably end up on the cut price shelf at 99p.

**d000hg** · 17 August 2010, 08:38

How dare he give millions away. So if he didn't give it away, that would make him a better person? Giving ALL the money from a book away even for someone rich is hardly a small gesture, it takes a lot of time to write a book (even if you have a ghost-writer) and I bet his time is in short supply.

Doing good from bad is still good.

**SupremeSpod** · 17 August 2010, 08:42

I doubt that many members of the British Legion hold Tony Blair in any higher esteem after his donation.

**d000hg** · 17 August 2010, 08:49

Is there a particular reason the money went to them and not some other charity or collection of charities? I don't know what the Legion are, to be honest. Anyone got a 2-sentence summary?

**AtW** · 17 August 2010, 08:51

Originally posted by Paddy View Post

Blair’s book will probably end up on the cut price shelf at 99p.

Some of his mates in the Far East could buy a few millions printed books at very high price just to make up to him, allegedly...

**PRC1964** · 17 August 2010, 08:53

Originally posted by d000hg View Post

Is there a particular reason the money went to them and not some other charity or collection of charities? I don't know what the Legion are, to be honest. Anyone got a 2-sentence summary?

About The Royal British Legion - The Royal British Legion

About the Legion
The Royal British Legion safeguards the welfare, interests and memory of those who are serving or who have served in the Armed Forces. We are one of the UK’s largest membership organisations and recognised as custodians of Remembrance. We also run the annual Poppy Appeal.

**Doggy Styles** · 17 August 2010, 08:57

Royal British Legion is an association for old soldiers. And sailors etc I assume. They have social clubs scattered around the country.

After tax it would only have been 2 million to Blair, maximum, and he's earned ten times that since he stood down as PM.

The Iraq thing actually damages his image, and hence future earnings, so you can safely say this is a Blair Brand marketing ploy. As soon as his spokesman said "Tony always intended to do this since before he put pen to paper", I knew he was only convinced to do it recently. Once a liar, always a liar.

**AtW** · 17 August 2010, 09:14

Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

After tax it would only have been 2 million to Blair, maximum, and he's earned ten times that since he stood down as PM.

Tax, what tax? He must be out of country most of the time for a good reason

Feeling guilty Tony?