Blair stated to The Observer |: "Look, the essential thing for the government is to give people back the clear sense of our purpose, and that is the absolutely traditional aim of enhancing and expanding opportunity to all of social justice "

Purpose is crucial to us all, but I wonder if the purpose Blair speaks of here is enough. For me my purpose is entwined with my Faith and so I was thrilled to read that whilst I have been on holiday a major change which may reflect a weakening of Alistair Campbell's position has occurred.

The Observer of the 3rd Augustwrites-

Tony Blair knows it is one of the most delicate of subjects. When asked about it he squirms and tries to change to a more comfortable line of inquiry. But quietly the Prime Minister is putting religion at the centre of the New Labour project, reflecting his own deeply felt beliefs that answers to most questions can be found in the Bible.
The Observer can reveal that Blair is to allow Christian organisations and other 'faith groups' a central role in policy-making in a decisive break with British traditions that religion and government should not mix.

The Prime Minister, who this weekend becomes the longest continually serving Labour Prime Minister in history, has set up a ministerial working group in the Home Office charged with injecting religious ideas 'across Whitehall'. One expert on the relationship between politics and religion described the move as a 'blow to secularism'.

The rest of the article makes fascinating reading. Maybe Blair's administration will have a new lease of life.......