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OnlinePoker

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10. Tony Blair was the PM at the time

Reply to Haggis for Breakfast (Reply #9)

Wed May 15, 2019, 11:28 PM

May 2019

One day after applying for UK citizenship, it was granted. When the court cases were proceeding he was stripped of his ability to sit as a Conservative in the House of Lords. I don't know if that meant his Lordship was stripped as well, but on his Wiki it still says Lord Black and his wife is Lady Black.

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Trump pardons media tycoon, former GOP leader of California State Assembly [View all] highplainsdem May 2019 OP

Fuck you Drumpf, you Nazi. n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #1

This Nolan ass was busted in the infamous Shrimpscam sting Brother Buzz May 2019 #2

Write a book* not fooled May 2019 #3

Did he miss the part where Conrad Black, born in the UK, was deported from the US ? Haggis for Breakfast May 2019 #4

Can he pardon a foreigner? LiberalFighter May 2019 #5

Given how much he knows about the laws . . . Haggis for Breakfast May 2019 #6

That's what I was thinking. Can he pardon a foreigner??? nt in2herbs May 2019 #17

Actually, he was born in Canada. OnlinePoker May 2019 #8

WHO in their right bloody mind gave HIM a Lordship ? Haggis for Breakfast May 2019 #9

Tony Blair was the PM at the time OnlinePoker May 2019 #10

Well, that explains some of it. Haggis for Breakfast May 2019 #11

Perhaps the next Democratic President can pardon Alabama "criminals" en masse. n/t MarcA May 2019 #7

No. Think about it. President can't pardon for state convictions. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2019 #15

Well we know the cost of a pardon now from Trump......just write a positive book for about him. cstanleytech May 2019 #12

black amcgrath May 2019 #13

Wonder how much duforsure May 2019 #14

Black ran such a scummy operation when he owned the Sun-Times. Gidney N Cloyd May 2019 #16