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Lets hope he is not hiding it in a tax haven.TONY BLAIR has emerged as the world’s highest-paid public speaker, earning almost £400,000 for two half-hour speeches in his latest appearance on the international lecture circuit. He received the fee during a 36-hour visit to the Philippines, where he lodged with the British ambassador. Blair’s oratory - which cost more than £6,000 a minute - included such insights as “politics really matters, but a lot of what goes on is not great” and “religion [can be] a source of inspiration, or an excuse for evil”. The former prime minister, who has earned more than £15m since leaving Downing Street almost two years ago, also observed: “Politicians are a very strange people” and “helping people is a noble profession - but not noble to pursue”. Some of the 2,000 tickets were priced at more than £350.As well as a handsome income from public speaking, Blair, 55, also receives about £2m a year as an adviser to JP Morgan Chase, the investment bank, and is paid a further £500,000 a year for a similar role at Zurich Financial Services. He has signed a £4.6m deal for his memoirs.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/poli...icle6037174.ece

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maybe he can rub some of the iraqi childrens blood off onto the notes...If there was any justice in this world Mr Bliar would be at the hague being tryed for crimes agaisnt humanity until there is the mujahid will maim and butcher for our own justice

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