Why Blair is leaving a toxic legacy for Brown

Tony Blair's decision to give away £7bn of the UK's EU rebate could have been avoided, says Brian Durrant in The Fleet Street Letter. But Mr Blair doesn't care - he will be out of office by the time the bills start flooding in. But Gordon Brown might not be as happy...

We are still in the middle of the pantomime season. One of the most popular shows is Jack and the Beanstalk. You know it well, of course.

The tale involves a boy who's asked to take the family cow to market. His mother tells him to get the best price he can for it. But he's too lazy and foolish to do that. Instead he is conned into exchanging the cow for a handful of beans by the first person that comes along.

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Brian has contributed to MoneyWeek with his expertise in investment strategy, for example how to quadruple your dividend income and how to navigate through the stock market in the 2008 financial crisis. He’s also touched on personal finance such as the housing market and the UK economy.