mj.scuba Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Anyone know if a serving PM has ever been arrested while still in office? The police wanted to arrest Blair over Cash for Honours. He threatened to resign if arrested, so the police backed off from arrest but questioned him anyway. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1536975/Police-question-Blair-on-honours.html Tony Blair faced the humiliation yesterday of becoming the first serving prime minister to be interviewed by the police in a corruption inquiry as the "cash for honours" investigation moved to the heart of the Labour government. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1546588/Police-told-Blair-would-resign-if-cautioned.html Police officers investigating the cash-for-honours scandal wanted to interview Tony Blair under caution but backed off after being warned that it could lead to his resignation, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. Allies of Mr Blair indicated to Scotland Yard that his position as Prime Minister would become untenable if he were treated as a suspect, rather than simply as a witness. Detectives had hoped to question the Prime Minister under caution during the second of two interviews at No 10. It is understood that they wanted Mr Blair to clarify comments he had made during his first interview about an alleged cover-up by his senior aides. Sources close to the inquiry said that there were difficult discussions before a political intermediary made senior detectives aware of the serious implications of treating the Prime Minister as a suspect. "Make no mistake, Scotland Yard was informed that Mr Blair would resign as Prime Minister if he was interviewed under caution," said a source. "They were placed in a very difficult position indeed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey19 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 The office of deputy prime minister has little, if any, official standing; it certainly does not imply that the holder is next in line to become PM. Or rather, although the title makes that implication (what else is a deputy if not the next in line), it is a misleading title because the implication is entirely false. Even when a governing party has a working majority and no coalition is formed, the office of Deputy PM is not likely to go to anybody who stands much chance of actually being the next Prime Minister. Any such politician would want a job with more standing and power, such as Chancellor. But in this case Nick Clegg is the leader of the coalition party as well as deputy prime minister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 The police wanted to arrest Blair over Cash for Honours. He threatened to resign if arrested, so the police backed off from arrest but questioned him anyway. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1536975/Police-question-Blair-on-honours.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1546588/Police-told-Blair-would-resign-if-cautioned.html But that story was published in the tory boreygraph, so they would say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvp82 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 But that story was published in the tory boreygraph, so they would say that. Still doesn't make it anyless true. Did the Police want to arrest Blair ? Yes or No Did the Police still end up having a chat with him regarding cash for honours ? Yes or No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sccsux Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 "Sources close to the inquiry said" Ah, gossip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Cameron cannot prove they never shared info with him that was gathered illegally, info that could have provided electoral advantage or leverage against opponents. Fundamentally he has been proven to have poor judgement and he has no way of proving he hasn't benefited from illegally gathered data. Your logic is deeply flawed I1L2T3. In the UK we require people to defend actualities, not conjecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 ROFL, is that a joke? Cash for Honours? Blair himself was questioned by police. Damien McBride - which happened whilst in the employment of No.10, unlike with Coulson which is from a previous employment. Unfortunately this is on a whole different level although you are correct to point out that none of the parties are clean. Cash for honours arguably impacted all parties massively - nothing was proven although there is a common link in that John Yates was responsible for the police investigation. Another bungled investigation prematurely cut short before it drove into the inner realms of party workings. Neither the Tories or Labour wanted it to get too deeply into what was really going on. Despite blowing a whole load of cash Yates obliged with a suitably cack-handed investigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Still doesn't make it anyless true. Did the Police want to arrest Blair ? Yes or No Did the Police still end up having a chat with him regarding cash for honours ? Yes or No How did they know, did they get the info from hacking? And stop trying to change the subject and pass it off lightly. This is all about Slaphead Came Ruin and his association with the hacking lark Andy Coulson. Coulson left the PM's wing because he knew he was going to be in the papers and didn't want bad publicity. Too late! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12296392 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Rich Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 If Cameron is arrested will we then have Osbourne as PM? Meet the new bullingdon boy, same as the old bullingdon boy:gag: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvp82 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 How did they know, did they get the info from hacking? And stop trying to change the subject and pass it off lightly. This is all about Slaphead Came Ruin and his association with the hacking lark Andy Coulson. Coulson left the PM's wing because he knew he was going to be in the papers and didn't want bad publicity. Too late! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12296392 Im not trying to change the subject, you said " but that story was published in the tory boreygraph, so they would say that. " So all im asking is just because it was published in the Telegraph that doesn't automactically make it untrue. The 2 questions still remain, did the Police want to arrest Blair and was he questioned by the Police anyway. And Mecky a bit of grown up advice for you, you really do need to cut out the name calling, it only makes you come across as a childish 10 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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