Another similarity to his good friend Bush: Blair's new Minister for Equality believes in discrimination. Blair, a very conservative Christian himself, has appointed Ruth Kelly to oversee issues of equality in the UK but Ms Kelly has a long track record of avoiding votes on the subject and will not give a public statement regarding equality. Why was she given this post and why is she still there? She has been given numerous opportunities to support equality yet each time, she dodges it. It's no wonder Labour approval ratings are near 30%.
The newly appointed government minister responsible for equality is facing controversy after she refused to say whether she believed homosexuality was a sin.
Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for Communities, a committed Catholic and member of the Opus Dei group, was embroiled in a renewed row over her religious beliefs yesterday. And critics attacked her new role as the Government's equality champion after it emerged she had missed a series of votes on equal rights since 1997.
