religion Articles

John Smith talked openly about his faith, as has Tony Blair. Gordon Brown’s politics are clearly influenced by his religious upbringing. The political values of all three were rooted in something people instinctively understood, even if they did not agree with them....

On Easter Sunday, in the run-up to the 1997 general election, the Telegraph published an interview with Tony Blair under the headline: ‘It is impossible to be a Christian and a Conservative’. He had not in fact said that; a subeditor inferred it from what he had said....

Membership is what Labour is all about – and yet our party is shrinking. We may have experienced a spike in new registrations since the last election, but the long-term trend is clear: people no longer feel that Labour is where they belong. People haven’t stopped...

The Kurds have an old saying, based on long and bitter experience, that they have no friends but the mountains. This refers to many instances when taking to the mountains was the only refuge from murder and mayhem. The Kurds in Iraq have successfully built a strong,...