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22 December 2007Blair converts to Catholicism 1 Former prime minister, Tony Blair, has converted to Catholicism, his spokesman confirmed today.He was welcomed into the church in a service last last night by the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor.Mr Blair's relationship with the gay community was seriously damaged following his appointment of the devoutly Catholic Ruth Kelly to the post of Minister for Equality in 2006. -
22 December 2007David Starkey: The Queen is uncultured and poorly educated 7 The openly gay historian Dr David Starkey has said the Queen is uninterested in her predecessors because she was poorly educated.He told the Guardian: "I think she's got elements a bit like Goebbels in her attitude to culture."You remember: 'Every time I hear the word culture I reach for my revolver'." He compared her to Elizabeth I, who also acceded the throne at 25, "was 20 times as well educated.
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