Tony Blair, raking it in after his retirement, is caught fair dodging:
Tony Blair has been caught fare-dodging. On Monday the former Prime Minister, who will earn in excess of £7m from his various speaking engagements and executive positions, was stopped on the Heathrow Express and asked to present his ticket by an inspector. He couldn’t. His excuse?
A red-faced Blair said that an aide had given him the money for the ticket – £24.50 – the night before, but when he arrived at Paddington he couldn’t find it. Blair, it seems, was “doing a Queen” and not carrying any money or bank cards. According to Blair’s spokesman, one of his security guards (travelling with him to the States for a speech engagement) offered to pay on his behalf but the inspector waived the fee, giving TB a free ride.
Typical. If you or I “forget” to pay our fares, we get a stiff fine. But for the former prime minister and war criminal, the fare is waived. Note that Tone has “earned” 7 million pound already in his post-pm career.
Who says (war)crime doesn’t pay?