When I first interviewed Blair, as newly elected Labour leader in 1994, he answered my question about the role of his Christianity in his politics by saying, “I can’t stand politicians who go on about religion.” If I had to date the moment when my own misgivings about him began, it would be the time – starting after September 11, 2001 – when he began to emphasize his own “faith” as a motivating factor in his moral stand.
1994年布莱尔新近当选工党领导人，我第一次采访他的时候，他回答我的有关他的基督教信仰在其政治中的作用的问题时候说：“我不能忍受那些从事宗教的政治家。”如果要我指出我何时开始对他担心，那就是从2001年9月11日开始，当他开始强调其自身的“信仰”是他的道德立场中的推动因素的时候。