"Speaking Thursday at the Group of 8 meeting in northern Germany, Mr. Blair said that if the investigation had gone ahead, it “would have involved the most serious allegations in investigations being made into the Saudi royal family, and my job is to give advice as to whether that is a sensible thing in circumstances where I don’t believe the investigation incidentally would have led anywhere, except to the complete wreckage of a vital strategic relationship for our country.” Additionally, Mr. Blair said, “We would have lost thousands, thousands of British jobs.”"