How was Blair not questioned under caution?

Well, Tony Blair has finally been questioned in the Cash for Honours investigation, but only as a witness, not under caution. This means he is not considered a suspect!

I really fail to see how he cannot be classified as a suspect. Even if it was others who were offering the peerages in exchange for donations to the Labour Party, Blair has to make the nominations. Therefore Blair must be implicated? Is it really possible that others can tell Blair who to nominate and he doesn’t ask why?

We may never know how the Met reached the decision not to caution Blair, could they have lost their bottle?

It is hardly surprising that having let Blair chose when the interview took place, it happened on what must have been one of the busiest news days of the year.

Adam Bolton has a very good analysis of the Blair questioning on his blog.

UPDATE: The BBC is reporting that “notes” suggest Lord Levy offered Sir Christopher Evans “a K or a big P” in exchange for a donation. I wonder who leaked that information? Trying to shift the investigation away from Blair I wonder?