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The Downing Street Six

Digery Cohen | 26.04.2007 08:13

Were released after 20 years

Downing Street Six6
Downing Street Six6


In March 2006, several men nominated for life peerages by Tony Blair were rejected by the House of Lords Appointments Committee.

It was later revealed they had loaned large amounts of money to the governing Blair’s party at the suggestion of Labour fundraiser Lord Levy.

Suspicion was aroused by some that the peerages were a quid pro quo for the loans, and the incident was referred to the Metropolitan Police by MP Angus MacNeil as a breach of the law against selling honours.

The six men convicted in the case were released today after spending 20 years in jail.

They have always protested their innocence and said they only killed 600,000 people in Iraq and never sold any honours to anyone or tried to cover it up.

Digery Cohen
- e-mail: digerycohen@yahoo.co.uk

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  1. quid pro quo — Danny