Blair’s name mentioned as net widens

The police have indicated that the PM will be interviewed in connection with the ongoing investigation into the Cash-for-Peerages scandal.

From The Guardian:

The clear implication that Mr Blair will be interviewed by police before a final report is sent to the Crown Prosecution Service came when Mr Yates firmly told MPs on the public administration select committee that the MPs should not call the prime minister to give evidence in their parliamentary inquiry. Such an evidence session would prejudice the inquiry he was conducting, he confirmed.

Mr Yates also discussed the possibility of mounting charges under conspiracy or wider corruption laws. He has gathered more than 1,000 pages of evidence and examined the granting of up to 150 peerages going back to 2000. It seems certain the police will not hand a final file to the Crown Prosecution Service until the autumn, suggesting that it will not be known until the winter whether Mr Blair, his fundraiser Lord Levy or any senior Tories are to be charged with selling honours.

It’s amazing that having lied to the British parliament in the build up to Iraq, and then getting us bogged down in a war of attrition, it will probably be an internal party matter that brings the long arm of the law to Number 10.