THAT there might be much less to Tony Blair than met the eye was obvious not long into his tenancy of No 10.
THAT there might be much less to Tony Blair than met the eye was obvious not long into his tenancy of No 10.
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The new Labour government, you may recall, was keen to introduce a ban on tobacco advertising, a move which many regarded as cost-free and straightforward. Among those, however, who thought it was terrible idea was Bernie Ecclestone, the former used car dealer who had become a billionaire as the boss of Formula One. As chance would have it, he had donated £1 million to the Labour Party. Thus a meeting with Mr Blair was hastily arranged and – hey presto! – the proposed legislation was adapted to exempt the boy racers.
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THAT there might be much less to Tony Blair than met the eye was obvious not long into his tenancy of No 10.
The new Labour government, you may recall, was keen to introduce a ban on tobacco advertising, a move which many regarded as cost-free and straightforward. Among those, however, who thought it was terrible idea was Bernie Ecclestone, the former used car dealer who had become a billionaire as the boss of Formula One. As chance would have it, he had donated £1 million to the Labour Party. Thus a meeting with Mr Blair was hastily arranged and – hey presto! – the proposed legislation was adapted to exempt the boy racers.
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