A story on https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ details the worthy Tony Blair has accumulated since leaving office. The article accuses him of, blurring the lines between his various roles as Middle East envoy, philanthropist and businessman, while batting for, among others, Mubadala Development Company, Abu Dhabi’s state-owned investment fund with £42?billion of assets under management.
The rich of the former prime Minister has ben in such countries as Malawi, Libya, Rwanda,Vietnam, The Middle east and Palestinians have been unimpressed. “Tony Blair spent too much money on himself and his office, which was very ineffective. Too much PR without any substance,” said Dr Mashour Abudaka, a former minister in the Palestinian Authority. “Frankly, I didn’t see any progress. Absolutely nothing. Total waste of time and money.”
August 2012
AGI begins work in Malawi, advising President Joyce Banda’s government. Mr Blair’s team later pulled out of the country amid a corruption scandal, but the president’s office insisted the events were not linked. Separately Mr Blair’s consultancy strikes a deal worth almost £4 million a year to advise the state government of São Paulo, the economic powerhouse behind Brazil’s rapidly growing economy. However the sum is disputed by Mr Blair and a key organisation in the deal said he had never started work because the money was never found to fund his team.
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