Tony Blair is writing in the New Statesman stating that politicians should “do God” to properly engage with the modern world. Quite ironic coming from Mr. “we don’t do God” himself.

I cannot see any reason for politics and religion to be specifically linked. It is perfectly possible to be non-religious and moral, and the opposite – devoutly religious and totally immoral. Religious convictions are entirely personal, and have no importance in any other sphere. Who cares what a politician’s personal religious beliefs are? How does that affect anything?

I have been on the record several times about my opposition to an intersection between religion and politics and my disestablishmentarianism. I don’t care that Tony Blair is (now) a Catholic, that David Cameron is an Anglican or that Nick Clegg is an athiest. That has absolutely no bearing on anything.

The simple point is that politicians don’t need to “do God” at all, to “connect” with the people. It really doesn’t matter whether or not they “believe” or whichever religion they belong to. Especially since nowadays people are more non-religious than ever before. “Doing God” is entirely irrelevent to politics, and anyone who considers it so needs to have their head examined.

The full article is not available online, and I refuse to pay £2.95 to read it, so my comments are based on the general premise of the artcle rather than any specifics.