Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s and to God that which is God’s. The country is effectively leaderless and both major parties plus Ukip have to decide how they want to be led. As usual Christian organisations are circulating the views of the various candidates on those issues that matter to us: abortion, euthanasia, the right to Christian conscience or to display Christian symbols. Yet we are electing Caesar.
It is a question that torments Christians at general elections. One may be inclined to vote Labour but it is the Conservative candidate who is pro-life; or vice versa. Perhaps there is a candidate from a specifically Christian but very fringe party. He cannot win, so is it worth throwing away one’s vote? Usually such questions are determined by the marginality of the seat. Conservatives in Liverpool voted for David Alton to keep Labour out, which must have been just a trifle frustrating for their own candidate.
