The Kazakh despot who bought Blair for £16million (and Cherie for £320k): How ex-PM sold himself to a ‘virtual gangster’ linked to torture, money laundering, bribery and murder
‘It’s the damning new book that lifts the lid on Tony and Cherie Blair’s lust for money. Yesterday, in our exclusive serialisation, we told how revelations about his relationship with a tycoon’s wife put a strain on the Blair marriage. Today we reveal how the couple are happy to sell their services to some of the world’s most repulsive tyrants . . .
Tony Blair makes a business out of providing consultancy to mostly unacceptable and disreputable clients. How else to explain the work he does for President el-Sisi in Egypt — who obtained his power by a military coup — or Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, not to mention the consultancy he provides, at great expense no doubt, to the unelected leaders of Gulf countries.’
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