My Barbados Blog

On Monday No 10 Downing Street lifted a news blackout on Tony Blair’s summer holiday in Barbados - even though his vacation started around the first of August.

For security reasons the prime minster's press chief asked news organizations back in the summer not to report that he was indeed in Barbados.

But Blair accepts an invitation from the Barbados Legion to attend to a public World War Two commemoration on the island to commorate Barbadians who served in the war - and the so called vacation secret finally hit the print media.

When asked how the Barbados Legion knew Blair was on the island, the press chief stated that since Barbados is a small place, and it was obvious that some people would know he was there.

The media is still being asked not to report his exact location. So, Tony Blair is vacationing in his usual favorite island in the Caribbean, and exactly where he is staying is unknown - but you can be sure its somewhere on the west coast, perhaps at a private home.

So much for a slow news day . . .