A glaring confirmation of the grossly unfair world of public probity is a comparison with the Welsh Lib Dems in limbo and the case of Tony Blair's former special envoy to Iraq who lobbied the country's Prime Minister on oil contracts for BP just three months after leaving government service.
The Independent reports that Sir Jeremy Greenstock, who was formerly Britain's ambassador to the United Nations – and who made the case for invading Iraq – was warned against developing business links with Iraq by the watchdog responsible for ethical oversight on the activities of former civil servants. He seems to have largely ignored the advice but the rules regarding a conflict of interest seem rather different for non-elected government officials – and former prime ministers.
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