Blair: Blame me
Tackled at Prime Minister’s Questions today about BAE/Al Yamamah, Tony Blair took responsiblity on behalf of his whole Government.
After being asked at prime minister’s questions about the £43bn arms deal between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia by the Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, Mr Blair said: “If you want to blame anyone for this, blame me. I am perfectly happy to take responsibility for it.”
Sir Menzies had asked which minister was responsible for withholding information from the world’s anti-corruption watchdog, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, about secret payments to Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia.
We note that Tony Blair will be Prime Minister for just two more weeks.
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