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Ugly face on show as Pope's liberal mask slips
Paddy McGuffin reports on the man underneath Papal Tiara

Beauty, it has been noted, is oft-times in the eye of the beholder. One man's masterpiece is another's carbuncle.

It is less often commented on that the same applies to morals and that most elusive of concepts, truth.

For instance, most sentient beings would call Tony Blair an unctuous, money-grabbing low-life with all the sincerity of pervert protesting their innocence after being caught in flagrante delicto with a goat.

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