James Forsyth James Forsyth

How David Cameron does God (even when his Chancellor wishes he wouldn’t)

The religious divide in the Tory side of the coalition

(Photo: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty) 
issue 19 April 2014

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[/audioplayer]If Ed Miliband wins the next election, he’ll be Britain’s first atheist Prime Minister. It is a sign of how social attitudes have changed that Miliband feels comfortable wearing his atheism on his sleeve. He has not received the kind of criticism that Michael Foot and Neil Kinnock did when they professed that they did not believe in God.

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