My view on this is that the Daily Mail is getting into a hissy fit about all this. I don't care one jot for Blair's policies (he has no vision or political convictions, it seems) and I think he is prone to being sleazy. However, the Mail is insinuating that all these holidays are being "cadged".
I don't see how any Prime Minister could go on a Thomson holiday. I do think politicians are entitled to holidays, whoever they are. If Blair said to Robin Gibb "I'm a huge fan, Robin, I think you're great. You know that pile in Florida? Is it, well, er, are you going to be there New Year?" then I think it might be a bit cheesy. But if they are friends, and we are told they are, then I think that's between them.
How many Daily Mail journalists have stayed at friends' houses and proffered large sums of cash to the bemused host. If I said a friend could stay at a place I owned, I hope I would not be handing them a bill for services rendered!
The Mail says it costs £775,000. Well, if you put it all on a commercial basis and take the security detail into account, then yes. However, the thought of the Blairs on a package holiday with no protection is crazy. What would the cheesy hacks at the Mail say if he got popped off.
They've got an answer for everything it seems. How about the editor coming clean with his visits to his mates? Bet there's something there! :roll:
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