by JOHN MINTO (30 July 2011)
Tony Blair’s fleeting visit to Auckland yesterday via private jet was a pathetic affair which exposed the venality of our corporate elites and their media hangers on.
For Blair this was a fundraiser. By all accounts he’s made some $60 million in guest speaker appearances around the world in recent years. The glib, deceitful showman replacing the glib, deceitful politician. Blair was a tabloid creation and his message remains as shallow and enduring as page three of Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World.
It would have been disappointing for Blair and the event organisers however because the 900 seat venue had only 260 takers and that was after some ticket prices had been halved. Seats were still anything from $495 to $1500 – the latter for the particularly star struck who wanted their photos taken with the warmonger. ...
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