Tony Blair’s unpaid role as Middle East envoy appears not to be working. Why? Because he’s too busy becoming the highest paid speaker in the world eclipsing Bill Clinton’s earnings when he left office by a fair margin.
Gaza in particular has failed to move forward. While Blair’s sister-in-law joined a mission of mercy and then got stuck in Gaza when she let a family in need escape, he prefers to think about where the next £ million will come from.
But no one ever thought that Blair had a commitment to the peace process. He has muttered that he didn’t think the carnage in Iraq would have reached such proportions, but even there he doesn’t appear to have lost much sleep.