.... His Grace can't see the Conservative Party in any constituency ever publishing an election leaflet pledging specifically "To listen to the Christian community", and the Conservatives are fast losing the support of that demographic, too.
But, as Lord Ashcroft observes, they face electoral oblivion without an appeal to ethnic minorities. Though quite why they have to make a base appeal to Muslims in this blatantly sectarian fashion - instead of appealing to those qualities, values and virtues which unite all Conservatives - is unknown.
No, the time is fast approaching when Christians shall need an organised, potent and persuasive means of making our politicians listen.
[A COMMENT] In their desperation for votes, the Tories have prostituted themselves to all kinds of minority causes. Now they are prostituting themselves to Allah.
This is further evidence of the way all three mainstream parties gravitate towards the same political trend and end up being indistinguishable from each other. Another reason for supporting UKIP; they at least have some sense of who they are. [Archbishop Cranmer] Read more