British Prime Minister Tony Blair delivered an astonishing put-down to the head of British Airways in the row over staff wearing personal religious symbols.The issue came up at a conference of business leaders in the Confederation of British Industry. BA chairman Martin Broughton sought Tony Blair’s support for the airline’s robust ban on religious emblems worn by uniformed staff on duty, given that the police, the Army and other government uniformed staff have an identical policy in relation to crosses outside of the uniform.However, Blair’s responded that there were battles really not worth fighting. Being a a fan of BA and its management, his advice was “just to do the sensible thing”.Read more here.
