frontline: blair's war: the prime minister: the 'slightly unexpected' leader | PBS: "Religion is a difficult issue to get into in British politics, and so he tends to steer clear of it. But he also likes that stuff to be known, in the sense that it does help fill out his character as a more complex human being, as you were saying. It provides him with a form of authenticity, which he needs because otherwise he risks being seen as an entirely artificial, unreal person and just a very clever politician. And obviously there is more to him than that. He does have sincere beliefs. " The key difference between Blair and Chretien: religion breeds humanity.