Sir Stephen Wall

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Sir Stephen Wall was one of Britain's leading diplomats, having been the UK's representative to the EU and Tony Blair's adviser on European policy in Downing Street. A practising Catholic for most of his life, after leaving the diplomatic service he worked as principal adviser to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster. But after that he discarded his faith, and later in his late sixties came out as gay. Dominic Lawson asks him why he changed his mind. "Why I Changed My Mind" is a series in which Dominic explores how and why prominent individuals have modified their views on controversial topics. Producer: Martin Rosenbaum.