'Blair intervened' on tobacco ban

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Disgraceful, New Labour, Conservatives they have all obtained corrupt money. Don't vote for either of them!

The documents reportedly show then Prime Minister Tony Blair intervened to secure an (tobacco) exemption (from formula 1) just hours after meeting the racing tycoon on 16 October 1997.
But at the time, the prime minister denied personal involvement, and appeared on a BBC programme to insist he was a "pretty straight kind of guy".

The party was famously forced to hand back a £1m donation from the Formula One mogul in 1997.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7665718.stm