Tony Blair: He’ll believe anything
It has to be said that there is something in this:
Former prime minister Tony Blair is to call for faith to be given a central role in tackling the world’s problems.
In a speech at Westminster Cathedral, Mr Blair will say failure to engage with religious groups will drive believers to apathy or fundamentalism.
He’s right in the sense that we want those among us who have imaginary friends to be the nice and helpful sort, not the explodey and kiddie-fiddling kind.
As a bonus, here’s Britain’s foremost religious blind-eye turner, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor:
The role of faith in our society cannot be ignored…
Can’t it? Are you a betting man, Your Eminence?
But still, Tony Blair banging on about the power of faith, eh? Boo, what a knob. We’ve seen the damage his brand of faith can do. If only we could harness Tony Blair’s faith to do good - in a swords-to-ploughshares deal. It’d be a holy grail, like a theological cold fusion.
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 11:05 am
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Are you a betting man, Your Eminence?
He might be y’know. One thing about the Whore of Babylon, she has a more understanding view of this sort of thing than the Protestants do. So whereas the latter tend to frown on gambling where they don’t actually abolish it, it’s not at all unknown to see a Catholic priest in the bookies hazarding a few shillings on Jake The Peg in the six-fifteen at Uttoxeter.
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Ah, but would the Cardinal hazard the Sunday collection on Unwashed the Great in the 9.30 at the cathedral? I wouldn’t touch those odds myself but then I don’t have God picking my runners for me.
“Former prime minister Tony Blair is to call for faith to be given a central role in tackling the world’s problems.”
And I call for him to fuck off. Hopefully he’ll pay attention!
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And we’ll be there screaming and banging saucepans….
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=167&extmode=view&extid=216
Stop the War Coalition is asking as many people as possible to help create a wall of sound to accompany Tony Blair as he gives a lecture on Faith and Globalisation at Westminster Cathedral in London on Thursday 3 April. (See http://www.rcdow.org.uk/lectures/)
No doubt Blair will be pontificating about the “values” and “morality” of his “faith” and how they guided him in making “difficult” decisions, like the slaughter of up to one million Iraqis and the total destruction of their country in an illegal war. Blair is a war criminal who should have been silenced five years ago by MPs in parliament, when they had the chance to vote against a war which they knew was opposed by the vast majority of people in this country.
On Thursday 3 April, we will meet every hypocritical word he utters with a wall of sound representing the values and morality of that majority, which was against the war in 2003 and wants all the troops withdrawn now. We want people to bring musical instruments and sound making implements of every kind — drums, trumpets, saxophones, violins, cymbals, whistles, sirens, horns, rattles, saucepans and cans to bang; we want every type of band, choir and musical group to join us, all with the aim of drowning out the speech of a man who should not be in a cathedral pulpit but in the dock of a criminal court.
Please come at 6.30pm. Blair will speak at 7pm. Spread the word among as many people as you can and encourage them to join us on the night we aim to drown out Blair’s shameless lecture.
The protest will be preceded by a silent vigil lasting from 6.30 - 7.00pm organised by Pax Christi. We start the cacophony at 7pm. Make sure you are there for the grand overture!
WALL OF SOUND TO SILENCE BLAIR
THURSDAY 3 APRIL 6.30PM
WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL
FRANCIS ST, LONDON SW1P 1QW
JUST SOUTH OF VICTORIA STREET
Nearest tube: Victoria Station
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Now that he is a catholic convert he should be allowed to talk extreme nonsense, it is expected. They all do, always have, and always will.
Previously when he was a prime minister his talk was dangerous.
The only danger here is that as a former prime minister he might be given more credence than an ordinary convert.