Hardly worth rubbing shoulders with dodgy Peter Foster now, was it? According to Bristol estate agents, the state of play on the two investments that led straight to the "Cheriegate" affair is that, should the Blairs decide to sell up in the near future, they could lose as much as £60,000. Ah, so that's why they didn't (as they'd suggested they were going to) liquidate the properties to offset their expensive Connaught Square investment. More, here.

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