LONDON (AFP) - Former prime minister Tony Blair was left red-faced when he was caught travelling on a train without a ticket and said he had no cash to pay the fare, a report said on Wednesday.
Blair, who has earned around 500,000 pounds on the speaking circuit since leaving office in June, was confronted by a ticket inspector as he travelled to Heathrow airport to catch a flight to the United States on Monday, the Daily Mail newspaper reported.
He said he had no cash for the 24.50 pounds fare because money an aide had given him was no longer in his pocket.
The newspaper, quoting Blair's spokesman, said his bodyguard offered to pay the ticket, but the inspector said he could travel for free.
Blair, 54, has taken up a post as the Middle East envoy for the international Quartet -- the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States.
He also has a lucrative part-time post as advisor to Wall Street bank JP Morgan and advises Swiss company Zurich Financial Services on a range of issues including climate change.
Blair's spokesman was unavailable for comment.
the doc said
19:41 04/23 2008
damn fool
blackspyda said
19:42 04/23 2008
lol lol
Shem1 said
19:43 04/23 2008
hmmmmmm. him think him can travel free without a ticket cuz him a former prime minister
-- Edited by JamaicanShem at 20:44, 2008-04-23
Gucci said
19:44 04/23 2008
lawd ppl.. we all make mistakes.. lol
ssugarlipss (Administrator) said
19:54 04/23 2008
yes make he self pay... f**king ediat... mi caan stand di p*u**yyhile atall
Tommy Didads said
19:55 04/23 2008
all dem deh
bLaCkBeatZ said
19:57 04/23 2008
i doh undastn y is he riding a train, y doesn't he ave a ticket an y him nuh ave nuh money....dem man yah cyaah bruk
Tommy Didads said
20:00 04/23 2008
@ Owad:
Coz in London all So called "Important Ppl" try n ride around with us normal ppl 2 make it look like their 1 of us. Its 4 PR I guess. But I dnt think Blair needs 2 impress any1 agen. So mi nuh know
Crazypickney said
20:36 04/23 2008
lol are u kiding me
STUWY77 said
08:32 04/24 2008
Dem should a kick him off the train like dem would do a normal person.
LONDON (AFP) - Former prime minister Tony Blair was left red-faced when he was caught travelling on a train without a ticket and said he had no cash to pay the fare, a report said on Wednesday.
Blair, who has earned around 500,000 pounds on the speaking circuit since leaving office in June, was confronted by a ticket inspector as he travelled to Heathrow airport to catch a flight to the United States on Monday, the Daily Mail newspaper reported.
He said he had no cash for the 24.50 pounds fare because money an aide had given him was no longer in his pocket.
The newspaper, quoting Blair's spokesman, said his bodyguard offered to pay the ticket, but the inspector said he could travel for free.
Blair, 54, has taken up a post as the Middle East envoy for the international Quartet -- the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States.
He also has a lucrative part-time post as advisor to Wall Street bank JP Morgan and advises Swiss company Zurich Financial Services on a range of issues including climate change.
Blair's spokesman was unavailable for comment.
-- Edited by JamaicanShem at 20:44, 2008-04-23