First it was Tim Farron and then Andrew Turner. There are a few trifling things for the world to worry about, such as the war in Syria, starvation in East Africa, or maybe even a lunatic with his finger on the nuclear button in North Korea. But the first week of the election campaign was devoted to the Lib Dem leader’s views on homosexuality, and specifically to the question of whether he considered sexual acts between people of the same sex to be a sin.

That is interesting phraseology. Sin? Not just “wrong”, but a sin. How often do reporters refer to sin in the normal course of their jobs?