Former PM Blair accused of breaking quarantine rules after U.S. trip - Sunday Telegraph

 

FILE PHOTO: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks at the Hallam Conference Centre in London, Britain December 18, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been accused of breaking UK COVID-19 restrictions after failing to self-isolate for two weeks following a two-day trip to the United States, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

 

The newspaper said it had obtained pictures showing Blair, who served as prime minister from 1997 to 2007, leaving a London restaurant 10 days after his return from Washington last month.

 

The Sunday Telegraph said it understood that Blair appealed to Whitehall officials for special dispensation from the COVID-19 rules, but that he was not issued with the formal exemption letter he would have needed to avoid a 14-day isolation period.

 

Blair was in Washington for a White House ceremony at which Israel signed agreements establishing formal relations with Bahrain and the UAE.

 

The newspaper quoted a spokesman for Blair as saying he was invited by the U.S. government because of the role he played in the deal, describing the ceremony as a "diplomatic conference".

 

The spokesman also insisted Blair "posed no risk to anyone" as he was tested before his departure, on arrival at the White House, and again several times since returning to the UK.

 

Several major figures have been accused of damaging public confidence in the UK government's coronavirus response by breaking or appearing to break rules.

 

In May, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's most senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, refused to quit after it emerged he had driven 250 miles (400 km) from London to northern England when all but essential travel was forbidden.

 

(Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Daniel Wallis)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-10-18

 

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Sounds about right for phoney Tony....sooner they string this #@@* up for the mess him and Bush made of the world the better

7 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The spokesman also insisted Blair "posed no risk to anyone"

Not sure I'd agree there......

Why is this even news? It would be more newsworthy if Blair had actually followed the law. The pesky rules made by the likes of Tony and the delightful Cherie for commoners. Blair, is the epitome of the corrupt globalist elite, and a man whose actions rarely gel with his words. Why he still has his freedom after his ME adventures is beyond me.

No surprise at all, worldwide none of the 'celebrities' think the rules apply to them.

Bit heavy on the hairspray there, Tony.

 

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

The spokesman also insisted Blair "posed no risk to anyon

Has he been neutered...?

Phoney Tony....exactly. Please go away I am tired of your horrible sanctimonious face.,

7 hours ago, baansgr said:

Sounds about right for phoney Tony....sooner they string this #@@* up for the mess him and Bush made of the world the better

Phoney indeed, in fact in many citizens eyes he is a WAR Criminal & A British Swamp Politician ,along with the Bush Crime Family 

The rules are only for commoners.  If commoners break the rules then they get sanctioned.
If Hi-So, elites break the rules the government will dismiss them and with a cavalier wave of the hand state that "boys will be boys." No sanctions, no fines.  The justice system is there to punish commoners, not those who make the rules nor their friends.

But then don't complain when large groups of people gather in the streets and demand change and actual justice.  Eventually the commoners get tired of the antics of the elites.

13 hours ago, faraday said:

Bit heavy on the hairspray there, Tony.

 

Has he been neutered...?

He has a set?

"....and it's with this finger, just like this one I'm holding up, that Jr, inserted, with force, into my....." 

 

Nope, better stop there. ????

 

From Sky News:

 

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-tony-blair-denies-breaking-covid-rules-after-trip-to-us-12107123

 

But former Tory minister David Jones, a member of the public administration committee select committee of MPs, claimed it was hard to see how Mr Blair could rely on claiming he had been tested "when we haven't got a testing regime".

 

 

 

Blair, like the rest of them, should be setting the example.

 

They don't, coz they think that they're above us.

 

 

 

 

 

On 10/18/2020 at 6:41 AM, sungod said:

Not sure I'd agree there......

I'm pretty sure the families of the hundreds of thousands of people who lost their lives as a result of Blair's illegal invasion of Iraq might disagree as well.

 

Given his history of war crimes, it's difficult to imagine him following the rules on quarantine. One of the worst examples of a leftie, virtue signaling, tyrant. Should be in jail.