Blessed are the peacemakers…
…for they shall be generously reimbursed:
[I]t falls to us to follow the various adventures of Mr Tony. Last week your utility world statesman was in the Philippines offering to assist President Arroyo with the peace process in Mindanao province. Ever the expert, the great triangulator delivered two lectures on his success “in dealing with Britain’s secessionist movement in Northern Ireland”. All faithfully reported in the Philippine Star (motto: Truth shall prevail). But what was missing was Blair’s fee for the half-hour lectures: £750,000, we hear, plus expenses. Tickets, it is said, were £400.
And why not? Got a skill for brokering peace? Then sell your ability to save people lives. Contract out your altruism. Sorry Sri Lanka, you can keep killing each other until I see 750 big ones. Here’s my business card and bank details.
Gandhi was an idiot. A bit of business acumen and he could have been out of that loin cloth and into a bespoke Italian suit toot sweet. That Jesus fella? A no-good, financially illiterate chump. No bloke ever got anywhere in sandals and a dress. Except Demis Roussos.
Posted on April 1st, 2009 at 4:50pm under Blair
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BBC, March 31st:
“Muslim rebels and the army have fought an eight-hour battle in the southern Philippines, leaving 20 insurgents and seven soldiers dead, the military says. [...]
Hundreds have died and many thousands have been displaced on Mindanao since August, when peace talks foundered.”
Doing a bang up job as always, Tone…