Blair escapes grilling over ‘cash-for-honours’ row

British Prime Minister Tony Blair escaped a new grilling on Tuesday over a “cash-for-honours” scandal threatening to cloud his last months in office, using a parliamentary quizzing to trumpet his achievements in power. The British leader also received good news with a new opinion poll showing support for his ruling Labour Party edging up, suggesting the party funding row is not damaging his standing with the general public.

Blair, appearing before a key House of Commons committee for possibly his last time, repeatedly took MPs’ questions to showcase his reform achievements in key policy areas including health and prisons. He also defended his foreign policy choices over the last decade, which have controversially included supporting the United States in the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

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