Buying peerages is crime ever since Lloyd George did it. Maundy Gregory took a dive, pleaded guilty so that no evidence had to be given in court, did his time, emigrated and got a pension for just as long he kept his mouth shut. Are Blair's goings on any different? Not really.
A pretty straight kinda guy
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Over the past two months, the work of the police and CPS has come under intense scrutiny from an independent counsel, David Perry QC, a leading criminal barrister..... A fortnight ago, he concluded there was no case to answer. If it went to trial, there was little or no chance of any conviction, he advised.
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Given that these loans did not go through the Labour Party books there is fraud in the case at a bare minimum. Bush let his little mate, Libby get away with it. Mandelson went clear too.No 10 honours plot. Four new names
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Police seized evidence No 10 plotted to hand peerages to eight businessmen who bankrolled Labour’s 2005 election campaign
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The Times is taking a reasonable line. The Telegraph is snivelling to Blair's mob. It will not do them much good. The Great Escape Police chief feels heat over inquiry's ending
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Updated on Thursday, 30 June 2022 20:16:01