Certainly Proud

Britain is a Christian country, built on Christian values, with Christian traditions - those supposedly ‘leading’ us would do well to remember that.

We don’t need multiculturalism. We have a culture, and it works just fine.

I’m certainly proud of it, and you should be too.

So tweets Rupert Lowe, who voted in favour of assisted suicide. See also the crybaby Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. What colour is a snowflake?

No one who knew anything about Christianity would say "Happy Ash Wednesday", "Happy Lent", "Happy Palm Sunday", "Happy Holy Week", "Happy Maundy Thursday", or "Happy Good Friday". The celebration is Easter, and on Sunday the Prime Minister will say "Happy Easter", as he and his predecessors have been sending greetings on a range of festivals for many decades.

Keir Starmer will no doubt add something about "a time for family" or what have you. Politicians' religious interventions used to be far more entertaining. Deservedly well remembered is Margaret Thatcher's, "The Good Samaritan was only able to help because he was rich in the first place." Even that, however, was surpassed at the Easter that Tony Blair expressed his sympathy for Pontius Pilate.

Blair created the Supreme Court, the very concept of which expresses the view that a certain liberal order should hold sway over whatever the demos may happen to vote for from time to time. Yet it has had a good day today, unanimously dismissing the appeal of those who had wished to continue with permanent injunctions against naming the clinical staff in end of life cases involving children, and unanimously allowing the appeal of For Women Scotland. Also today, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeals, both of Yaxley-Lennon, and of the equally tiresome Roger Hallam and Larch Maxey. Not a bad day's work. In this Christian country, built on Christian values, with Christian traditions, we have a culture, and sometimes it really does work just fine. I am certainly proud of it, and you should be, too.