Blair clung to belief in God as PM

LONDON: Tony Blair has admitted his belief in God played a ‘hugely important’ role during his decade as Britain’s PM, in a BBC television interview on Sunday.

Blair, who stepped down as Britain’s leader in June and is now a Middle East peace envoy, said he did not speak about his religious beliefs during his time in office for fear of being viewed as a “nutter” by the public. “If I am honest about it, yes of course it was hugely important,” he said about his belief in God for a documentary entitled The Blair Years.

“You know you can’t have a religious faith and it be an insignificant aspect because, it’s profound about you and about you as a human being,” said Blair, who as PM took Britain to war in Iraq and helped bring peace to Northern Ireland. Media reports claim that Blair, a Protestant, is planning to convert to Roman Catholicism, the religion of his wife Cherie.