Tony Blair In Fresh Trouble?

Imagine the Police taking such an action in the USA or India??? This can happen only in Britain (maybe at times in Japan!)

Lord Levy, the Labour Party’s chief fundraiser, was arrested yesterday by police investigating the “cash for peerages” scandal – a humiliating blow for Tony Blair, reports The Independent.

“Scotland Yard’s Specialist Crime Directorate, led by Deputy Assistant Commissioner John Yates, has not ruled out interviewing Mr Blair. It has seized computer hard disks and documents from Whitehall and is pursuing investigations by recovering deleted e-mails between civil servants and party officials…”

“The Labour life peer, later released on bail, was not charged and denies any wrongdoing. His arrest under anti-corruption laws followed reports that he advised millionaire donors to provide loans to the Labour Party, which could be kept secret. The arrest of Lord Levy, 61, a personal friend of the Blairs, severely damages the Prime Minister’s authority, and adds to the impression that Mr Blair and his Government are losing control…”

Read here what other newspapers have to say in the U.K.