Monday 28 May 2012

Blair allowed to leave Leveson Inquiry early after telling judge 'I never used spin'

Daily Mail
" #Former PM left shortly after 3pm - more than an hour and a half early - when many others asked to come back the next day
#Says his government was not the first to want to 'put the best possible gloss' on its work
#Evidence interrupted by protester shouting 'war criminal' and accusing Mr Blair of relationship with bank JP Morgan over Iraq War before being ejected
#Rupert Murdoch was 'key decision maker' regarding the political affiliations of his newspapers - but Mr Blair insists no deal was made with the mogul
#However, Mr Blair admits 1995 trip to Hayman Island, Australia, to speak at News Corporation conference was a 'very deliberate and very strategic' attempt to win the support of the Murdoch titles
#The former premier spoke to Rupert Murdoch three times in days before 2003 Iraq War - including on March 19 - the day before the invasion
#He says: 'My minimum objective was to try stop them tearing us to pieces. My maximum objective was to try get their support'
#Mr Blair claims his decision to be godfather to Mr Murdoch’s daughter Grace was not made on the basis of their relationship while he was in office
#Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating's reportedly advised Mr Blair: 'You can do deals with him (Murdoch), without ever saying a deal is done'
#Mr Blair says he never told Peter Mandelson and Alastair Campbell to brief against people
Comment Tony Blair is a bare-faced liar

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