The man who first didn’t “do God”, said that those who talk about religion are regarded by the public as “nutters“, and then made a massive hoohah over converting to Catholicism is now going to devote his life to faith.

Yes, Tony Blair has proclaimed that he is going to “spend the rest of my life” uniting the world’s religions.

Yes, he’s precisely the man we want claiming to be our global moral conscience. Not.

Whilst the aim is a noble one, religion is not something that can be united like that. Ever. If you are seriously religious then you believe that what your religion [or even religious sub-set] says is absolutely unequivocally correct – and that all the others are totally wrong, except where they believe with you, of course.

Religion and faith are personal and private things. And they should stay there.