Jump to full article: Times Of London (uk), 2009-07-04
Author: Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester
Intro: Mr Ecclestone is an unlikely Labour donor. In 1997 his £1 million gift had to be repaid after Formula One was given the only exemption to the ban on tobacco advertising. “I am glad I gave money to Labour as I got it back. I thought Tony Blair was doing a good job at the time.”
Although he insists that Labour did not change the policy because of his donation, he became disillusioned with Mr Blair. “He probably told a lot of lies while he was there. They have to lie, don’t they, politicians? The truth is not always good to hear.” . . .
He seems to see Hitler as a passive bystander who was too weak to stop the Holocaust.
“In the end he got lost so he wasn’t a very good dictator. Either he knew what was going on and insisted, or he just went along with it — either way he wasn’t a dictator.”
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