To be a Christian and an MP is increasingly difficult in Britain, a Catholic MP has said.
In an podcast interview for the Catholic Herald, Jacob Rees-Mogg, MP for North East Somerset, said that while he had been "very lucky" and found being both a Christian and a politician "relatively straightforward", it was "becoming more difficult" for most politicians of faith.
He said: "I think we live in an increasingly secular world even though quite a large number of MPs do have a religious belief. But the perception is, that as Alastair Campbell famously said, 'We don't do God.' That has made it harder for some politicians to feel comfortable admitting their faith and I think it's possibly harder on the Left than it is on the Right."
