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FORMER BRITISH PRIME minister Tony Blair has warned against vengeance on bankers in an interview with The Daily Telegraph.
Blair said we must not start thinking that society will be better “if we hang 20 bankers at the end of the street”.
Launching a defence of the free market rules established by the Thatcher government, Blair said allowing anger to lead to regulations that could reduce government involvement in free markets was dangerous.
“Don’t take 30 years of liberalisation, beginning under Mrs Thatcher, and say this is what caused the financial crisis,” he said.
Though main party figures have suggested that the crisis should lead to tougher bank regulation, Blair said Britain must not go back to a situation where the state runs everything.
“We must regain the basic values of what society is about,” he said “We’re not against wealth, but we are in favour of social responsibility.”
Blair’s comments may prove controversial as he has taken on the role of advisor to a US investment bank and a Swiss financial firm since quitting his job as prime minister.
In the interview, Blair said that he is looking for a way to re-enter British public life and discussed ambitions for taking an international political job.
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Can I use the power washer again?
@Jake: Depends on whether Irish Water have fixed the massive leaks in their system or not.
I’ll take the washing in early then
@high ho silver: dust masks out for once
Whoever said there’s no smoke without fire eh ?
@Dave Moloney: there was a fire though, thats where the smoke is coming from
Can I use the power washer again ?
This is the start of it
@James Fox: what? A bit of rain?
Image caption says “The same haze is invisible here” then there is none.
So can we see it or not or smell it or not
That’s mad Ted
Thomas Markle is the gift that keeps on giving ……bless him
How come i can see the invisible one?
I’m down in Wexford and I can smell smoke in the garden, the wind has picked up and smoke seems to be visible. It’s got a browness to the light. And no neighbours with bonfires!
Holy smoke
That’s a load of nonsense we won’t be able to smell it or see it because that’s the Irish look
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