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Sat 09 Sep 2010Blair says stretching truth for greater good is common sense
FORMER BRITISH prime minister Tony Blair has defended his view that politicians are obliged to conceal and distort the full truth from time to time where the interests of the bigger strategic goal demand it.
In the chapter on the Northern Ireland peace process in his autobiography The Journey, Mr Blair admits to “stretching the truth to breaking point” in telephone conversations with Dr Ian Paisley and with Sinn Féin during a critical moment in power-sharing negotiations.
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