Police Wanted To Interview Blair Under Caution
“Police officers investigating the cash-for-honours scandal wanted to interview Tony Blair under caution but backed off after being warned that it could lead to his resignation, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
Allies of Mr Blair indicated to Scotland Yard that his position as Prime Minister would become untenable if he were treated as a suspect, rather than simply as a witness.
Detectives had hoped to question the Prime Minister under caution during the second of two interviews at No 10…
Eventually, Downing Street won the battle of wills…
The restricted conditions of Mr Blair’s second interview enabled No 10 to play down the significance of the police seeing him for the second time in only six weeks.” (Telegraph)
What more can I add? Using the threat of causing the resignation of the Prime Minister as a means by which to down play the importance of the Prime Minister being questioned again is clearly an abuse of powers, and really quite disgusting. The police wanted to interview Blair under caution, and they should have been allowed to.
If Yates really felt it was necessary then they should have been allowed to, not brow-beaten into submission. Especially since it means that “it is unlikely any of the answers he [Blair] has given so far could be used against him to bring charges.” Typical New Labour spin and sleaze..
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I don’t understand this story. It’s not in Number 10’s interests to leak it and it makes Yates of the Yard look a complete wuss. I smell a Scottish rat.