TONY BLAIR HEAPS PRAISE ON BUSH

[When Blair was elected, a British friend enthused about him to us. We told our friend we were pretty sure we had bought a used car from him once on Arlington Blvd. Turns out we were right]

DAILY MAIL - Tony Blair was accused of betrayal last night as he waded into the American Presidential campaign to support George Bush's Republican world view. As the former PM recommended Mr Bush's policies to 400 millionaire bankers in Las Vegas, former ally Bill Clinton was campaigning in Nevada for his wife Hillary, who hopes to be the Democratic candidate for the White House and is an arch Bush critic. In a move liable to be interpreted as a stab in the back for Hillary's campaign, Mr Blair – who was paid L125,000 for his 35-minute speech – said: "George Bush is an amazingly strong and steady President. . . which is what America and the world needs." Last night Labour backbencher Jeremy Corbyn said: "A week ago Mr Blair travelled to France to praise the Right-wing President of France and this week he travels to the USA to support the Republicans. Is there no end to the extremes he will go to?"