Speaking about the context into which Prime Minister Johnson steps, Andy Flannagan, the Executive Director of Christians in Politics, told Premier Christian Radio’s News Hour: “I’ve never known the public square to be quite as toxic as this and I think the new Prime Minister has a huge job to do.
“We are in real danger in this country of sliding towards an American style situation where it’s almost like two separate cultures operating into one country, two separate tribes who are watching different TV programmes, who are reading different newspapers, who are going to different events, who are starting to not even have the same vocabulary, or the same agreed set of facts to be able to even begin a conversation and that’s a perilous direction for a country to go in.”
He added that the new leadership team therefore have a huge responsibility in the language they use and the atmosphere they pursue.
When asked if he thinks Boris Johnson will unite the country he replied: “We will see. There are many folks involved in Christian politics who would believe that that is the case and there’s plenty involved who would believe that that is not the case, but as believers our primary call is not just to sit here being consumers, we should not just be involved in the same commentary as everyone else.”
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