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Tony Blair"s Jive Vacation

British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has been taking some heat lately for accepting a freebie vacation at a Florida mansion owned by Bee Gee, Robin Gibb.
There have even been charges in the British media that he has "cheapened" the office of Prime Minister.
Apparently the Blairs have a thing for musical icons from earlier eras.
They also spent a summer vacation at Sir Cliff Richard's Caribbean villa.
Criticism in the British media has extended to Blair's penchant for vacationing with aristocrats and titans of industry.
This has led to suggestions that the PM has a Robin Leach-like obsession with the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
The Blairs have spent leisure time in the palatial retreats of Euro gentry such as Italian aristocrat, Prince Girolamo Strozzi and French tycoon Alain-Dominique Perrin.
Arguably odd company for a Labor Prime Minister who hails from a party with socialist roots.
Inevitably politics comes into it also.
Robin Gibb is a well known supporter of Blair's Labor Party.
He has been actively lobbying British MP's in an effort to secure increased copyright protection for musicians.
In the UK copyright and royalty payments for musicians are only good for 50 years, whereas protection in the US runs to 95 years.
The fact that Tony Blair has helped to draw attention to the copyright campaign has led some to raise conflict-of-interest concerns.
Allegations of financial irregularities along with the lurid scenarios that have been evoked by the British media, add to already jaundiced opinions about Blair.
A lot of Britons are becoming increasingly cynical about the once-loved icon of British politics.
Some of the cynics are even suggesting that Blair is only holding onto his office so he doesn't have to give up the perks.
Well, if he does decide to call it quits there is always Neverland.

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