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FORMER British prime minister Tony Blair was left red-faced when he was caught travelling on a train without a ticket and said he had no cash to pay the fare.

Blair, who has earned about £500,000 ($A1.06 million) on the speaking circuit since leaving office in June, was confronted by a ticket inspector as he travelled to London's Heathrow airport to catch a flight to the United States on Monday, the Daily Mail newspaper reported.
He said he had no cash for the £24.50 ($A52) fare because money an aide had given him was no longer in his pocket.

The newspaper, quoting Blair's spokesman, said his bodyguard offered to pay the ticket, but the inspector said he could travel for free.

Blair, 54, has taken up a post as the Middle East envoy for the international Quartet - the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States.

He also has a lucrative part-time post as adviser to Wall Street bank JP Morgan and advises Swiss company Zurich Financial Services on a range of issues including climate change.

Blair's spokesman was unavailable for comment.

source: News Limited on au site domain

(ANSA) - LONDRA, 23 APR - Tony Blair e' stato 'pizzicato' senza biglietto, e senza soldi, sull'Heathrow Express, il trenino che collega Londra all'aeroporto.L'imbarazzo dell'ex premier e' diventato evidente quando, al momento di mettere mano al portafoglio, ha dovuto confessare di non avere denaro ne' carte di credito. Quando una delle guardie del corpo si e' offerta di pagare, il controllore ha lasciato correre, ma e' scoppiato un putiferio. Gli altri passeggeri hanno protestato vivacemente.