Far right has 'parked its tanks on the front lawn of the Church of England', bishop says

Priest warns of emerging US-style nationalism within Christianity and of a looming battle against a Maga agenda

- John Simpson

The far right has parked its tanks "on the front lawn of the Church of England" (CofE), a bishop has warned as the church responds to a growing Christian conservative movement.

Tommy Robinson, the far-right activist, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK held two very different carol services yesterday: one a flag-waving rally involving street drinking and flags calling for “Anglo-Saxon freedom”; the other at one of the City of London’s oldest churches.

St Michael’s Cornhill, a CofE church, hosted Sarah Pochin, the Reform UK MP for Runcorn and Helsby, who recently complained about the number of black and Asian people in adverts, as she launched the Christian Fellowship for Reform, the party’s new Christian affiliate wing.

“Reform will always stand up for Christianity in this country,” Pochin said in a slick launch video. “We are fundamentally a Christian country, and we are proud to be Christians.”