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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Blair and Reid 'held secret talks with Saudis on £40bn arms deal'
While lobbying for London's Olympics bid in Singapore, Tony Blair drop in at Riyadh on 2 July to discuss selling the Eurofighter to Saudi Arabia.

Three weeks later, John Reid made a trip to persuade the crown prince to re-equip his air force with the Typhoon.

However the talks have stalled due to Saudi demands.

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