Please Let this Be Just A Demented Rumor

Or my head will explode:

Outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair is a contender for the job of president of the World Bank, according to one of America's most respected economists.

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But Nobel prize-winning economist Joe Stiglitz, a former senior vice-president and chief economist at the World Bank, told BBC Radio 5 Live Mr Blair was in the frame for the high-profile role.

He said: "He is one of the people that is clearly being discussed.

Nonetheless, it would keep with only appointing Loyal Bushies to everything.

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