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Peter Thomson (priest) is an Australian Anglican clergyman, most famous for influencing future British Prime Minister
Prime minister

A prime minister is the most senior minister of Cabinet in the Executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. The position is usually held by, but need not always be held by, a politician....
 Tony Blair
Tony Blair

Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair is a British politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007....
 while they were both at Oxford University. He also influenced Geoff Gallop
Geoff Gallop

Geoffrey Ian Gallop, Order of Australia is an Australian academic and former politician. He was the Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006....
, who later became Premier of Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
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Thomson studied for the priesthood at evangelical
Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism is a Protestantism Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s.Most adherents consider its key characteristics to be: a belief in the need for personal conversion ; some expression of the gospel in effort; a high regard for Biblical authority; and an emphasis on the death and resurrection of Jesus....
 theological College Ridley_College_(Melbourne)
Ridley College

Ridley College is a co-educational boarding school and day university-preparatory school located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. ...
 in Melbourne, but became more radical in his Christianity, and became passionate about politics as a way for Christians to achieve their social objectives.

After several jobs, Thomson went to Oxford to study for two years, where a group of undergraduates gathered around him and were influenced by his approach to politics.






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Peter Thomson (priest) is an Australian Anglican clergyman, most famous for influencing future British Prime Minister
Prime minister

A prime minister is the most senior minister of Cabinet in the Executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. The position is usually held by, but need not always be held by, a politician....
 Tony Blair
Tony Blair

Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair is a British politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007....
 while they were both at Oxford University. He also influenced Geoff Gallop
Geoff Gallop

Geoffrey Ian Gallop, Order of Australia is an Australian academic and former politician. He was the Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006....
, who later became Premier of Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
.

Thomson studied for the priesthood at evangelical
Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism is a Protestantism Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s.Most adherents consider its key characteristics to be: a belief in the need for personal conversion ; some expression of the gospel in effort; a high regard for Biblical authority; and an emphasis on the death and resurrection of Jesus....
 theological College Ridley_College_(Melbourne)
Ridley College

Ridley College is a co-educational boarding school and day university-preparatory school located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. ...
 in Melbourne, but became more radical in his Christianity, and became passionate about politics as a way for Christians to achieve their social objectives.

After several jobs, Thomson went to Oxford to study for two years, where a group of undergraduates gathered around him and were influenced by his approach to politics. This group included both Blair and Gallop.. Blair has stated that Thomson awakened his concern for a Christian approach to left wing politics.

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