A few months ago I mused on this page whether the UK had shifted to the point where a faithful Christian could no longer hold high office in contemporary politics. The resignation of Tim Farron as leader of the Liberal Democrats this week points to a disturbing and resounding ‘no!’.
I’m not an apologist for the Liberal Democrats, or for Mr Farron with regards to any of his policies, and I have never voted for the Liberal Democrats in my life, but any student of history will be acutely concerned about this situation.
Farron wrote in The Spectator of June 14:
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