Tony Blair and the £8million tax 'mystery'

[TheFaQQer]

Yes, but as I recall they all had the decency to resign (or were told to).

Jonathan Aitken resigned so that he could prove his complete innocence using the "simple sword of truth and the trusty shield of British fair play". And then tried to get his daughter to lie under oath in the court case. He since claimed bankruptcy to avoid paying the legal bills.

Neil Hamilton said that he would resign if he'd done anything wrong. Unfortunately, he lost his seat before anyone could put that theory to the test, since the Downey report wasn't published until after the election.

[NotAllThere]

Blair saw that he could have a political career with labour, so joined them. If he'd have been able to pull it off with the tories, then he'd have been a tory.

It was all about gaining power, having a political career. Nothing to do with deeply held convictions.

[DimPrawn]

Nothing will ever change... the system has been designed to keep the "ruling elite" and the "plebs" in their respective places.

The voting system is just there to give an illusion of "democracy".

Exactly. You'll never oust me an sasguru.

[TheFaQQer]

Blair saw that he could have a political career with labour, so joined them. If he'd have been able to pull it off with the tories, then he'd have been a tory.

It was all about gaining power, having a political career. Nothing to do with deeply held convictions.

Which is one of the reasons that the Tories hate Blair so much. If they had had someone who could do the same (kind of like how they have now, in fact), then they wouldn't have been moaning for so long about how he was all sound bite and no substance.

[AtW]

Nevermind his political career - why HMRC isn't on the case demanding to know why he's got so much admin expenses and why he is using so many companies which to me look totally artificial.

[Paddy]

Nevermind his political career - why HMRC isn't on the case demanding to know why he's got so much admin expenses and why he is using so many companies which to me look totally artificial.

Because the British are far more cleaver at corruption that the Russians. Perhaps we can run courses on how to be a corrupt Politian and still get off Scott free.