Articles by James Golden
What makes Britain a Christian Country? A Response to David Cameron
Posted on January 7, 2012 | 2 Comments
David Cameron’s recent speech celebrating the anniversary of the King James Bible in Oxford’s Christ Church Cathedral is extraordinary—politically, historically, and even theologically. Cameron feels Christian values will combat the social disorder manifest in the August riots, and justifies this claim on the idea that Britain is a Christian country (albeit Christian in a way [...]
AV Referendum: Tories Abuse History. Will History Abuse the Tories?
Posted on April 26, 2011 | 1 Comment
Britain has not always had a first-past-the-post system, and voters usually had multiple votes. Any claims that AV runs against the history of Parliament or British voting is as misleading and inaccurate as, well, most noise made by committed partisan campaigns. The open letter published by various historians which claimed AV would destroy a ‘cherished’ [...]