Vague_Boy Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Story on The Times Online but as it's behind a paywall, I'm linking to a couple of other sources: Tony Blair's new 'bank' for super-rich Tony Blair has formed his own finance boutique in London to offer investment services to global funds and the super-rich. His Mayfair-based company has recruited senior financiers and has been authorised by the Financial Services Authority. It will effectively be a fledgling investment bank. News of the former British prime minister's diversification into finance will help to explain how he can afford to give away the estimated 5 million pounds proceeds of his memoirs, A Journey, to the Royal British Legion. His predecessors in Downing Street have relied on their books to provide for their retirement. Since leaving office in 2007, Blair has amassed a fortune estimated to be in excess of 20 million pounds. He has combined his role as a roving statesman with charitable work and paid advisory roles. When he first launched the Tony Blair Associates consultancy, he said it would provide "strategic advice on both a commercial and pro-bono basis, on political and economic trends and government reforms". It has provided advice to the Kuwait government and to Mubadala, a sovereign investment fund in the United Arab Emirates. It is now able to offer a range of financial services to clients. His investment firm is just one of a string of companies -each called either Windrush or Firerush - that he created after leaving No 10. LINK LINK Once again Tony displays his Working Class Hero, Man of the People credentials with pride. In fact I think Clement Attlee had a finance boutique as well, along with Keir Hardie in his day. Now can anyone explain to me the difference between the "rich Tories favoring their wealthy friends" and the "rich Tony Blair and his wealthy friends"? NuLabour/Conservative, there is no difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 You sticking around to back-up your OP this time or are you going to start replying when eveyone's in bed at 4AM again like you did last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossdog Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Old moneybags at it again! Now he;s starting a bank for the super rich!...............seems like there's no stopping those Socialists once they get their nose in the trough,and yet they will persist telling you it's not fair to keep amassing loadsa wonga! like they are always accusing Tories of!..........................the Blairs think it quite fair thankyou! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Wallace* Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Any links to this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsmith Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Old moneybags at it again! Now he;s starting a bank for the super rich!...............seems like there's no stopping those Socialists once they get their nose in the trough,and yet they will persist telling you it's not fair to keep amassing loadsa wonga! like they are always accusing Tories of!..........................the Blairs think it quite fair thankyou! Sorry, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Any links to this ? A thread already exists for this, think started by Vague Boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Old moneybags at it again! Now he;s starting a bank for the super rich!...............seems like there's no stopping those Socialists once they get their nose in the trough,and yet they will persist telling you it's not fair to keep amassing loadsa wonga! like they are always accusing Tories of!..........................the Blairs think it quite fair thankyou! Blair's not a socialist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossdog Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Any links to this ?Front page of the Sunday Times this weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossdog Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Blair's not a socialistHe insists he is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Much as I dislike the man, I don't know why people knock him for getting rich, anybody else would do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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