Is Alastair Campbell more interested in faith than he appears? It has long been assumed that Tony Blair’s former spin doctor is hostile to religion given his famous remark that the Blair Government did not “do God”. But as he explained in a blog attacking David Cameron’s recent remarks on Christianity: “My ‘don’t go Goddery’ was never anti-faith, it was more a reflection that, unlike in the US, British people are suspicious of politicians who seek to tie their religion to their politics.” He went on: “If [Cameron] really believed all this, then despite my ‘don’t do God’ approach to life, I would have no problem with it.” Now, he tells us that on a visit to Italy earlier this month he was inspired by church
24 April 2014, The Tablet
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