Blair Defacating on The World's shoes

Just because politicians in kenya according to british diplomats vomit on their shoes (sic termused to claim kenyans are corrupt) does that mean that they should ignore their own governments corrupt practices.shame on them May be they should have used their spy jogn githongo to do some domestic syping for them at 10 downing instead.shame on you !

Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Tony Blair was questioned for a second time by U.K. police investigating allegations that his government sold honors, his office said. Blair was interviewed on Jan. 26 for about 45 minutes and questioned as a witness rather than a suspect, his spokesman Tom Kelly told reporters in London today. The meeting was kept confidential at the request of the Metropolitan Police. Police arrested Blair's chief fundraiser, Michael Levy, for a second time on Jan. 30 and questioned him on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Levy is the second Blair aide to be quizzed on suspicion of perverting the course of justice, suggesting investigators are now examining whether there has been an attempt to withhold information. Levy denied any wrongdoing in a statement released by his office in London Jan. 30. ``Blair is now reduced to the status of a caretaker prime minister,'' said Robert Kaye, a professor of politics at the London School of Economics and author of ``Regulating Westminster,'' to be published this year. ``If anyone is charged, that's a big problem for him. If two or three are charged it becomes a resignation issue.'' Blair, 53, is the only serving prime minister to have been interviewed by police investigating an alleged crime. The probe is threatening to overshadow his final months in office after a decade in power and may even hasten his departure. Blair led the Labour Party to power in 1997 pledging the highest ethical standards after a series of scandals contributed to the defeat of John Major's previous Conservative administration.

Investigation The probe began in March after Labour disclosed that it received 14 million pounds ($26 million) in loans from 12 of its supporters to help the party fight the May 2005 general election. Four of them were later offered peerages allowing them to sit in the House of Lords, the upper chamber of Parliament. The Scottish National Party asked police to investigate whether the awards broke a 1925 law prohibiting the sale of honors. The Conservative Party followed suit with details of its financial backers. Police have arrested four people, all of them Labour supporters. They include Ruth Turner, Blair's head of government relations, who was held on Jan. 19 on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Turner denied wrongdoing in a statement released by Blair's office in London. More than 90 people have been questioned. No charges have been filed. Blair was interviewed ``early in the morning'' and wasn't accompanied by a legal adviser, Kelly said today. He then left for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Blair was previously questioned on Dec. 14. `Clarify Points' In an e-mailed statement, the Metropolitan Police said the interview was held to ``clarify points emerging'' from the inquiry and that Blair ``cooperated fully.'' Investigators requested the weeklong news blackout for ``operational reasons,'' the statement said, without elaborating.
``I thought it was obvious that the police would re- interview him, because of the length of the interview with Lord Levy -- 4 1/2 hours,'' Elfyn Llwyd, a Welsh nationalist lawmaker, said in an interview. ``We are getting now to the centre of the spider's web.''

The investigation is threatening to distract Blair from fulfilling policy pledges before he steps down this year. In September, Blair promised to quit within a year to head off a revolt in the Labour Party over the war in Iraq. He pledged to use his remaining months in office to improve public services, secure action on climate change and a final peace deal in Northern Ireland. David Cameron, leader of the opposition Conservative Party, yesterday urged Blair to quit without delay. ``I can't comment on an active case, but this does appear to be paralyzing the government, getting in the way of good government and that is a serious problem for the whole of the country,'' Conservative home affairs spokesman David Davis told BBC News 24 television. ``It's taken away his ability to make policy, to lead anything,'' said Francis Beckett, author of ``The Survivor,'' a biography of Blair. ``There's never been as lame a duck as this Prime Minister.''