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Secret Papers Reveal Tony Blair Sold Out to Big Tobacco秘密文件顯示英國首相布萊爾銷售一空大煙草 Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 星期二, 2008年10月14日 Secret documents recently obtained by British reporters under the United Kingdom’s Freedom of Information Act that show former UK Prime Minister秘密文件最近獲得了由英國記者根據聯合王國的信息自由法案,表明前英國首相 Tony Blair英國首相布萊爾 ordered命令 tobacco sponsorship煙草商贊助 exempted from a new law banning免除了一項新的法律禁止 tobacco advertising煙草廣告 at sporting events.在體育賽事。 Blair’s action came immediately after his political party, the布萊爾的行動後立即來到他的政黨, Labour Party勞動黨 , received a secret donation of ,收到了捐贈的秘密 one million British pounds 100萬英鎊 from自 Bernie Ecclestone伯尼 , the president and CEO of Formula One Motorsports.的總裁和首席執行官的一級方程式賽車。 After winning the general election in 1997, the Labour Party had pledged to ban tobacco advertising, and in June 1998, the European Union formally adopted a在贏得議會選舉在1997年,勞工黨承諾,禁止煙草廣告,並於1998年6月,歐盟正式通過了 directive指令 prohibiting all tobacco advertising and sponsorship in the EU.禁止所有煙草廣告和贊助在歐盟。 The secret papers show, though, that within hours of his October 16, 1997 meeting with Ecclestone, Blair demanded the UK policy be changed to allow tobacco companies to sponsor Formula One car races, and that his aides went on to help him hide the truth behind the change.秘密文件顯示,不過,在幾個小時內,他九七年10月16日會見了埃克萊斯頓,布萊爾要求英國改變政策,使煙草公司贊助一級方程式賽車比賽,而且他的助手們又幫助他掩蓋真相背後的變化。 Philip Morris菲利普莫里斯 was the是 largest tobacco sponsor最大的煙草贊助商 of Formula One racing.在一級方程式賽車。 New documents reveal No 10’s role in the first scandal to hit Labour in office in 1997新文件顯示10號的作用在第一醜聞擊中勞工辦公室於1997年See excerpts from the documents here: 見摘錄的文件在這裡: Page 1第1頁 / Page 2第2頁 / Page 3第3頁 Tony Blair personally ordered an exemption for motor racing from a tobacco sponsorship ban after Labour received a secret £1m donation from Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One boss.英國首相布萊爾親自下令豁免賽車從煙草贊助禁令後,勞工處收到了100萬英鎊的秘密捐款伯尼,一級方程式老闆。 New documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show he demanded a change of policy within hours of a meeting with Ecclestone on October 16, 1997, and his aides went on to blur the truth.新文件下發布信息自由法案表明,他要求改變政策的幾個小時內會見了埃克萊斯頓在10月16日, 1997年,和他的助手們又模糊了的真理。 The affair was the first sleaze scandal of the new Labour era.這件事是第一次sleaze醜聞的新勞工的時代。 At its height, Blair feared the episode would end his premiership and went on television to defend his reputation, saying he was a “pretty straight kind of guy”.在其身高,布萊爾擔心這一事件將結束他的總理和電視上去捍衛他的名聲,說他是一個“非常直接的傢伙” 。 The new documents expose the extent to which he was the driving force behind plans to exempt F1 from Labour’s manifesto pledge to end tobacco sponsorship of sport, pushing a reluctant Department of Health into agreeing.新的文件揭露了何種程度,他背後的驅動力計劃免除F1的工黨的宣言,承諾年底煙草商贊助體育,推著不願衛生署同意納入。 Before Ecclestone’s £1m donation, Labour had planned a universal ban.在伯尼的100萬英鎊的捐款,勞工計劃普遍禁止。 Tessa Jowell, a health minister at the time, emerges as having had serious reservations about the move.喬韋爾,一個衛生部長時,有出現了嚴重的保留態度的動議。 But a Whitehall memo written on October 31, 1997, states: “The prime minister has made clear his wish to see a permanent exclusion for Formula One from the scope of the tobacco advertising ban.”但是,白廳的書面備忘錄於10月31日, 1997年,指出: “首相已經明確表示希望看到一個永久排斥一級方程式的範圍之內的煙草廣告禁令。 ” The documents show how mandarins warned Blair that he could be misleading MPs over the sequence of events.這些文件顯示如何柑橘警告布萊爾說,他可能會產生誤導國會議員對事件的順序。 At the height of the scandal, the Tory MP John Maples put down a written parliamentary question asking when Blair told Frank Dobson, the health secretary, of his plans to exempt F1.在高度的醜聞,保守黨議員約翰梅普爾斯放下議會的書面提問時,布萊爾說弗蘭克多布森,健康秘書,他的計劃,免除車隊。 A briefing note to the Cabinet Office outlining possible responses to the question reveals that the date was October 16.簡報內閣辦公室概述可能的反應的問題表明,日期是10月16日。 It also reveals Blair ordered Jonathan Powell, his senior aide, to ring Jowell to discuss the issue that evening, shortly after meeting Ecclestone.它也表明布萊爾下令喬納森鮑威爾,他的高級助手,以環喬威爾討論的問題,晚上,會議後不久,伯尼。 However, the note suggests Blair wanted to name October 29 as the date, to be consistent with his previous public claims that the decision was not taken until two to three weeks after the crucial meeting with Ecclestone.然而,注意到表明布萊爾想名字10月29日的日期,必須符合他以前的公開聲稱,這一決定是沒有考慮到兩到三個星期後的重要會議與伯尼。 Civil servants warned: “The draft reply is strictly true in terms of the final decision .公務員警告說: “該草案的答复是真正嚴格方面的最後決定。 . 。 . 。 but critics could argue that the answer was disingenuous in that the prime minister’s views had been clearly conveyed by the telephone call on October 16.”但批評者可能認為,答案是缺乏誠意的,總理的意見已經明確傳達的電話在10月16日。 “ The papers also suggest No 10 set out to mislead the public, via the media, about the prime minister’s role in the affair.該文件還建議10號規定,以誤導公眾,通過媒體,對總理的作用,這件事。 A briefing note for Alastair Campbell, then Blair’s press secretary, offers guidance “to dispel the notion that the F1 approach was dictated by the PM alone, after meeting Ecclestone”.簡報說明坎貝爾,那麼布萊爾的新聞秘書,提供指導意見“ ,以消除這一概念的F1辦法是聽命於下午單獨開會後,伯尼” 。 Blair defended the plan for a dispensation on the grounds that the ban could lead to big job losses in Britain’s motor racing industry.布萊爾捍衛了計劃分配的理由是,這項禁令可能會導致大裁員在英國賽車業。 However, it has emerged that the then Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) cast doubt on this claim.但是,它已經出現,當時的部貿易和工業( DTI )技術懷疑這種說法。 A memo from the DTI to the health department, sent in November 1997 when the government was still trying to decide how to implement the ban, says: “We believe it is unlikely that if F1 should leave the UK there would be an immediate effect on the industry as a whole.”備忘錄由英國貿易與工業部的衛生部門,發送於1997年11月時,政府仍試圖以決定如何執行這一禁令,說: “我們認為這是不可能的,如果車隊應該離開英國將有一個直接影響整個行業的發展。 “ The episode took place before political donations had to be publicly declared.這一事件發生在政治捐款,必須公開宣布。 For days, Labour refused to reveal whether Ecclestone had given money to the party.連日來,勞工拒絕透露是否埃克萊斯頓錢給了黨。 As the controversy raged about whether government policy had been influenced by a donation, Gordon Brown, who knew of the gift, found himself denying all knowledge in a radio interview.隨著激烈的爭論是否政府的政策已影響了捐贈,財政大臣戈登布朗,誰知道禮物,發現自己所有的知識否認在接受電台採訪。 He was later reported to have returned to the Treasury in anguish, claiming his credibility would be “in shreds” if anyone discovered he had lied.他後來報告已經回到財政部痛苦,聲稱他的信譽將是“在撕成碎片” ,如果有人發現他撒了謊。 Tracking the donation 跟踪捐贈 January 1997: Ecclestone donates £1m to Labour 1997年1月:伯尼捐贈100萬英鎊,以勞工 May: ban on sports sponsorship by tobacco companies announced 5月:禁止對體育贊助的煙草公司宣布 October: Blair has private meeting with Ecclestone 10月:布萊爾私人會晤伯尼 November 5: government announces proposals to exempt F1 from tobacco sponsorship ban 11月5日:政府宣布豁免提案F1的煙草贊助禁令 November 7: government asks advice on donation from standards watchdog 11月7日:政府要求諮詢捐贈標準監督 November 11: Labour returns donation 11月11日:勞動回報捐贈 Have Your Say: Secret Papers Reveal Tony Blair Sold Out to Big Tobacco 你說:機密文件顯示英國首相布萊爾銷售一空大煙草 Please read our請仔細閱讀我們的 posting guidelines before posting張貼在發布前的指導方針 . 。 Alternatively或者 you can discuss this report here你可以討論這份報告在這裡 . 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