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Tony Blair today compared the threat of Muslim extremism to the rise of fascism and warned that Britain must not waver in its fight against terrorists.
The former prime minister also criticised 'some of our own circles' for arguing that the West had provoked Islamist groups to commit terror acts.
Cardinal Edward Egan called Mr Blair a "great and effective warrior" and said: "You lifted our hearts and reminded us how powerful real eloquence can be."
"After ten years of this moron. I was relieved to see the back of him. Unfortunately it now looks as though he is being lined up to become the EU President. A non democratic constitution nobody wants or even voted for. God help us all."
Some further info for those who are not sure how the EU operates.
Our sovereignty will soon be handled by a Council of Ministers. This is the European Union’s most powerful decision-making body. It is made up of the foreign ministers of member states. Other ministers from member states may have an input in topics relevant to their expertise.
The policies discussed and eventually decided on by the Council are largely developed by non-elected civil servants in member states and by the non-elected Commission. This has led to many complaints about how this system works in that 320 million people have decisions taken for them by elected ministers but these ministers discuss policies created by non-elected civil servants.
Ben Elton
"Well I wouldn't deny that at all, I'm an enormous admirer of George Orwell, he was one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. And in 1984 he really wrote the book about writing dystopian visions of the future and I can't deny at all that I'm influenced by it in Blind Faith.
"The difference is that my Big Brother isn't the famous Orwellian figure, the wicked oligarch. My Big Brother is us!
"We're all watching each other, it's almost as if we've volunteered to give up the very freedom that Orwell was writing to defend.
"The terror he has in 1984 is that we might live in a world where there are television cameras and television screens in our private lives constantly and of course this is something we pay for at the computer shop.
"And I certainly am writing a book which is an extension of where we are now, which is a CCTV camera on every corner and then we get home and we have our MySpace cameras going.
"We're broadcasting and uploading our videos onto YouTube and then we're watching Big Brother television where people talk about themselves and display as much of their bodies as they possibly can.
"We're living in a world where privacy is previously in a minority sport."