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Tony Blair makes light of £100m personal wealth claim

WARMONGERING former Prime Minister Tony Blair joked about his wealth as he advised Labour to operate from the “centre ground” yesterday.

The multimillionaire warmonger declared: “Reports of my wealth are greatly exaggerated.”

He breezily announced that his real wealth was closer to £20 million than the £100m suggested in some newspapers.

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