Minggu, 18 Mei 2008

Filed Under "Wasting Taxpayers Money"

From The Daily Mail:

Peace mission or costly PR stunt ... Just what has Blair delivered as £400,000-a-year Middle East envoy?


In Jerusalem it has become much harder to get a room in the city's best hotel, a carved stone palace that was once the haunt of Churchill and Lawrence of Arabia.

The reason for the shortage is simple. There are only 86 bedrooms at the American Colony Hotel and ten of them – more than an entire floor – have been booked indefinitely by Tony Blair to be used as offices by his mission to the Middle East.

The cost, much of it borne by the British taxpayer, is considerable. The Mail on Sunday has obtained a copy of Mr Blair's contract with the hotel, which shows it is being paid nearly $1.34million – about £700,000 – annually for the office rooms alone.

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My Comment: This is not a serious job .... or ..... You got to be kidding!!!!

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