Wednesday, 10 June 2015
The alleged "cottaging" conviction of Tony Blair - submission to the Child Abuse Inquiry
For a number of years I've been aware of allegations that Tony Blair had, many years ago, been convicted of "cottaging".
The story alleges that Blair concealed his conviction by the expedient of using his middle names, "Charles Lynton".
Truth?
Rubbish?
It seems to me that it is a potentially hugely important issue.
The Child Abuse Inquiry seems to me to be the appropriate body to investigate whether there is any basis for these persistent and widespread rumours about Tony Blair.
The text of my formal submission to the Child Abuse Inquiry follows:
11th June 2015
Child Abuse Inquiry
[By email]
Dear Sir/Madam,
Allegations of a concealed “cottaging” conviction re Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
This letter is a formal submission to the Child Abuse Inquiry.
It relates to one of the “elephants in the room” which may be relevant to the Child Abuse Inquiry.
The term “elephant in the room” in this context is one I would tend to use to refer to rumours about alleged sexual offences by prominent figures which, in my experience at least, are difficult or impossible to trace to their source.
The allegations about Tony Blair
I was first told of the allegation/rumour that Tony Blair had a conviction for “cottaging” some years ago.
My recollection is that I asked my source where the information came from and he couldn’t remember.
I have also tried to research the provenance (or otherwise) of this matter on the Internet and ran into a morass of allegations/rumours that I found impossible to trace to a credible source.
A simple Google search for the terms “Tony Blair cottaging” will illustrate how widespread the rumours about Tony Blair’s (alleged) cottaging conviction are.
http://ukchildabuseinquiry.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-alleged-cottaging-conviction-of.html