Writing for UnHerd, Felix Pope reported on a December 13 Christmas celebration organized by the English nationalist Tommy Robinson. It involved a procession from Trafalgar Square to Whitehall, where the group sang carols in front of 10 Downing Street. Some held banners emblazoned with “Jesus is King.” Vendors looking to make a pound sold St. George flags on the sidelines. The mixture of piety and politics was very much in evidence.
Pope interviewed some attendees. One said, “I think my prime motive for coming is to defend Christmas against the Muslim hordes [that are] eroding our culture.” A young speaker testified to his salvation in Christ, adding, “And wouldn’t it be great to see this nation restored back to its ancestral roots?” One of the event organizers championed the revival of “masculine Christianity.”
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