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Tony Blair Avoids Social Media Storm In Twitter Q&A

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The Huffington Post UK   First Posted: 08/02/2012 14:33 Updated: 08/02/2012 14:44

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Tony Blair avoided awkward questions about the Iraq war and his tax affairs during a twitter Q&A on Wednesday to celebrate interfaith harmony week.

The former prime minister focused instead on the topic at hand, answering inquiries on everything from schooling to conflict.

Anyone watching the #asktony hashtag on Twitter would have noticed questions such as "do you personally believe that all Non-Christians will burn in eternal damnation?" and "why are you such a d**k?" although he ignored all of the "trolls" who'd weighed in on the heavily trailed event.

He's the third high-profile British political figure to take part in a Q&A on Twitter this week. William Hague did one on Somalia on Monday and Michael Gove took part in one on Wednesday.

Blair wrote that interfaith action could be more "impactful" than fighting malaria, "because strong communities need people to work together + in today's world communities will often be interfaith."


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.@CIFAorg - is interfaith action impactful beyond fighting malaria? can it build community as a whole?


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.Cifaorg yes because strong communities need people to work together + in today's world communities will often be interfaith.

Blair also disclosed some of his "highlights" in his work at the Tony Blair Faith Foundation; debating the late Christopher Hitchens, teaching at Yale and "seeing value faiths bring on the ground."


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What are your thoughts on the passing of Christopher Hitchens and what role to atheists have in interfaith work?


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- Chris was great, deeply spiritual if not religious. People of faith should never be afraid of secular dialogue.

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Edgar Trestrail
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07:09 PM on 04/19/2012
Every time Blairs name is mentioned, a thought crosses my mind.....
Why was he not tried and imprisoned for misleading the parliament and country over Iraq and the strange death of David Kelly, who held the knowledge that there were no weapons of mass destruction, Are we too spineless as a nation to vilify the B Liar (anagram of the reality of his surname)
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jankul456
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07:17 PM on 02/09/2012
Dr. Tony Blair, the greatest UK Prime Minister ever. The best friend of common working man. British people need leaders right him right now. This world we live in now couldn't handle a real leader like Tony Blair . They just don'tmake them like him anymore unfortunately!
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alanhutton4
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09:16 PM on 02/09/2012
Please seek medical advice immediately !!!
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jankul456
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05:29 PM on 02/10/2012
I’m talking you the truth!!!
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DKLabRat
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06:39 AM on 02/09/2012
That should read, Tony Blair avoids any awkward questions. Period. He's always been very good at going blind and deaf when someone asks something pertinent that he doesn't like.
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geoff ward
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05:08 AM on 02/09/2012
No no no. I.m not a @@nt. I.m just practicing
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Artie
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10:16 PM on 02/08/2012
Mad as a bloody hatter.
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northern git
fed up with all the political crap in life
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09:49 PM on 02/08/2012
this dork once let the country
to disaster

now he has covered himself in teflon

more than clinton for sure

must have undeclared share holding in DuPont
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lokiesteve
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11:05 PM on 02/08/2012
Clinton was non-stick in different ways than Blair as America's economy was sound when he left. Blair was a Bush baby more like.
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JB101
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02:22 AM on 02/09/2012
he was bush's lapdog, just like cameron is the eu lapdog..even though he's trying to sound tough, neither of them had any guts
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northern git
fed up with all the political crap in life
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08:09 AM on 02/09/2012
non stick none the less

at least clinton still stays in his country and mrsC is well on their scene

blurry blair on seen back when he thinks he is safe
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GearoidOD
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09:09 PM on 02/08/2012
Mr Blairs reminds me of an Irish republican who at a Sinn Fein conference said " Does any here object if we go forward with an armalite in one hand and a ballot paper in the other ?"
In Mr Blair's case, it was going forward with a bible in one hand and a cruise missile in the other !
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godsamyth
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08:56 PM on 02/08/2012
just one question Mr blair. If the walls of jerico were made of bullpoo how many trumpets would it take to blow those walls down
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godsamyth
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08:30 PM on 02/08/2012
that silly jesus loves me smile is not quite so noticeable now
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ThinkCreeps
Seriously, it's time.
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08:08 PM on 02/08/2012
They don't call him TB for nothing
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vividrick
I came, I saw...I had a cup of tea!
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07:51 PM on 02/08/2012
What tosh!

He's not religous at all! He's using it as a veneer to cover his blood stained tracks!
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DaisyMay123
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08:52 PM on 02/08/2012
How do you know he's not religious, don't talk a load of rubbish.
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vividrick
I came, I saw...I had a cup of tea!
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08:58 PM on 02/08/2012
Easy! He's a war criminal, not grounds for religion in my book, unless you're an extremist.
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GearoidOD
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06:35 PM on 02/08/2012
Funny thing the more he talks about ' Faith', the richer he becomes !
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Stirring Trouble
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06:08 PM on 02/08/2012
Great to see Tony Blair setting the 'Standard'.
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