Joy of Christmas

A British politician is to raise the issue, of what he calls, “rising Christianophobia” in “some” local communities, in a parliamentary debate tomorrow.

Mark Pritchard has secured a 90 minute Westminster Hall debate in which politicians of all parties are expected to debate the issue.

Mr Pritchard said, “The roots of Christianity in Britain go back to the first century. Yet today there appears to be a reluctance by some public bodies and institutions to recognise our nation’s Christian heritage and history.”

He added, ” My debate will seek to encourage greater community cohesion and inter-faith understanding by recognising the many benefits the Christian faith has brought to Britain, benefits to science, the arts, music, architecture, philosophy, and philanthropy, down the centuries. Such benefits are to be celebrated not scorned or ridiculed”.

Mr Pritchard said that he would “seek to slay the fashionable dragon of political correctness” which was “assaulting” the nation’s Christmas traditions.