Rev Sam Norton, vicar of St Paul’s Church in Park End and All Saints Church in Viney Hill, Gloucestershire, has been announced as the Brexit Party candidate.
He wrote on twitter: “Surprised, humbled, excited, nervous…. but eager to serve the whole of the Forest of Dean and determined to change politics for good”
The vicar wrote a blog in 2014 about why he voted for UKIP as a Christian, in which he wrote: “When priests are ordained we are charged to ‘let the good shepherd be the pattern of our calling’ – in other words, we are to try to walk the walk that Jesus walked.
“As he was someone who was executed by the state for being politically inconvenient, I have some idea of how he would react to being put into a corner and told not to startle the establishment.”
As it currently stands, he would stand against the Conservative leadership candidate Mark Harper, who pulled out of the race early on.
If elected, he would resign from his church.
Surprised, humbled, excited, nervous…. but eager to serve the whole of the Forest of Dean and determined to change politics for good #itsallabouttrust #BrexitParty pic.twitter.com/GiC08TTHsX
— Sam Charles Norton (@Elizaphanian) August 3, 2019
Bishop of Tewkesbury, Rt Rev Robert Springett, said his politics will not intertwine with his gospel teaching: “While we encourage all people to be engaged in the political process,…
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