Surely to the chagrin of his soulmate in the White House, Tony Blair, of Downing Street memo fame, has gotten himself caught in a scandal that would make Jack Abramoff blush and "Duke" Cunningham envious.  It seems that Blair, personally, has been running an off-books loans-for-peerages scheme out of Number 10, for years.  Scotland Yard is on the case, even if the opposition is ducking for cover.  Sordid details in The Spectator (registration required).