Sat, 22 Dec 2007

BREAKING NEWS

Breaking news on BBC New24. Just confirmed in the last few minutes. Very few details.... Last night, Tony Blair converted to Catholism

Why is this news? Who cares? Why is the BBC treating this like it's the biggest news item of the year? Why have they rolled out Anne Widdecomme to do a phone interview? His wife is a catholic, his children are catholic, it's been on the cards for a while. He isn't in power any more. It remains to be seen if he has any relevance any more. So why does it matter what denomination he is.

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Well, he's a peace envoy to the Holy Land, which immediately makes his personal faith an issue of relevance for the parties involved there.

If he's renouncing some of the decisions he made and votes his cast while he was in power, that's also pretty interesting.
Posted by Alex H at Sat Dec 22 13:59:19 2007
Wasn't this predicted in the /speculative documentary/ 'The Trial of Tony Blair'?
Posted by Charles Elwood at Sat Dec 22 15:20:26 2007
It's news because this man was responsible for appointing the head of the Church of England.
Posted by Simon Rumble at Sun Dec 23 03:55:30 2007
Does it have anything to do with his association with George W? Would this 'official' announcement make W's 'base' happy? Otherwise, I too think it non-news and at best just a way to keep him in the spotlite.
Posted by Kevin Mark at Sun Dec 23 04:59:27 2007

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