Briefing: it has proved too much of a 'palaver' for Tony Blair to convert at all - even though he went through the ceremony of reception into the Church.
From the BBC: Tony Blair has been explaining his decision to delay converting to Roman Catholicism until after he had resigned as prime minister.
He said it would have been a "palaver" if he had acted while in office.
In a BBC interview, Mr Blair denied suggestions he had delayed the decision out of fear it would be harder to be prime minister as a Roman Catholic.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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I have to confess that I didn't know the meaning of the word 'palaver'. Looking it up in my Concise Oxford Dictionary, I see it defined as ; n. Conference, (prolonged) discussion, esp. between African or other natives and traders etc.; profuse or idle talk; cajolery; (sl)affair, business. It seems rather a strange word for Tony Blair to use in the context of conversion to the Catholic Faith? Or, and this question has to be asked of such a public figure, was this statement itself an excellent example of just such a 'palaver'?
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