[John Locke]

The Serious Fraud Office was investigating allegations that BAE ran a $110-million (U.S.) "slush fund" offering sweeteners to officials from Saudi Arabia in return for lucrative contracts as part of the Al-Yamamah arms deal in the 1980s.

They might also wish to enquire how much of that slush fund is managed by BAE employee with no job description Lord Charles Powell, who by a strange coincidence is the brother of Jonathan Powell, who by another strange coincidence is Chief of Staff to one Tony Blair.

[FLOutdoorsman]

Thats just coincidence. Obviously nothing is going on. Pure random mathematical happenstance.

[SauronOfMordor]

They might also wish to enquire how much of that slush fund is managed by BAE employee with no job description Lord Charles Powell, who by a strange coincidence is the brother of Jonathan Powell, who by another strange coincidence is Chief of Staff to one Tony Blair.

And by another odd coincidence, The police on Friday arrested and questioned a senior aide to Prime Minister Tony Blair in a widening inquiry into allegations that political leaders in both parties traded high honors for campaign contributions made as loans.