Protester tries to arrest Tony Blair in Hong Kong

“He was talking about faith and globalisation and I concluded by saying that
he couldn’t speak about religion because he has set religious tolerance back
decades. For him to speak about religion is hilarious.”

Mr Blair reportedly told the protester: “I wouldn’t come any further … you
can go.”

Since leaving Number 10 in 2007 Mr Blair, who was in Hong Kong representing
his Tony Blair Faith Foundation, has faced a growing number of attempted
citizens arrests and public protests.

Last month a protester, later named as 49-year-old David Lawley-Wakelin,
berated Mr Blair while he was giving evidence at the Leveson inquiry into
media culture and ethics.

“This man should be arrested for war crimes,” Mr Lawley-Wakelin shouted before
he was pulled away by security guards. Lord Justice Leveson subsequently
ordered an investigation into how the man was allowed to get so close to Mr
Blair.

Mr Grundy, who was born and raised in the Black Country but declined to say
where he worked in Hong Kong, said he had not been approached by the event’s
security or police and had left the venue of his own volition.

“I didn’t want to scuffle or cause too much of a scene,” he said, adding: “It
was a bit of a daze for me.”

Asked how Mr Blair had reacted to the attempted arrest, Mr Grundy said: “He
was the same as during the Bush and Blair era. He said something like,
‘That’s democracy in action.’” “His reaction was nonchalant, as it always
is.”

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