Will Blair Be the Carlyle Group's Poodle Boy?
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Welliwelliwelliwell...it has long been speculated that Tony's reward would be a sweet sinecure at one of the World's top war profiteers...
(The Sunday Mirror) Tony Blair is expected to join one of the most exclusive groups of businessmen in the world after he leaves Downing Street.
The PM is being lined up for a highly lucrative position with the Carlyle Group - an American-based investment giant with strong links to the White House and the defence industry.
The firm has been nicknamed "The Ex-Presidents Club" because it has had a host of former world leaders on its books including George Bush Senior, his former secretary of state James Baker and former British PM John Major. There a also a large number of former US Army top brass.
Mr Blair has been keeping quiet about his plans after his departure from Number 10 - which could be as early as 2007 according to some Labour insiders.
But sources in the City have revealed that he is "seriously considering" a high-profile role with Carlyle - which manages $30billion (£20million) of investments worldwide.
The job could net Mr Blair up to £500,000 a year for only a few days work a month giving speeches and making "networking" trips on behalf of the company.
Meanwhile a group of MP's are working on a motion to impeach Blair.
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Hate to say it
but I told ya so, about three years ago. There should be a law preventing politicians from starting wars then profiting from the bloodshed.
When will the Lilliputians finally have enough.....
Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie, but rather mourn the apathetic throng, the coward, and the meek, who see the world's great anguish and its wrong, and dare not speak.
Ralph Chaplin
Blair's golden parachute
the 7/7 London Underground bombing spelled 'finis' for Blair.