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Originally Posted by jem

And why do you think they have done this? It’s to promote ‘outrage’ and so Reform can claim, with some justification, to being the ‘patriotic’ ‘UK first’ party against this who hate the UK and our traditions, etc!

Also a majority off people in the UK will claim to be Christian although never go to Church unless it’s followed by a reception or wake, with free or cheap food and booze! So an attack on, let’s say, ‘Christian values’ can spark a response which isnlt really meritted.

Personally, I’m an atheist, simply because I have no good reason to suspect that a God exists. But if I happened to be a councillor in Kent, would I kick up a massive fuss about it? No. Because that’s exactly what Reform want - I might well think it a waste of time, but in the great scheme of things, when considering local authority waste - it’s probably close to, if not right at the bottom.

Similarly singing the National Anthem after each meeting. I’d be very interested to see how long that lasts, or indeed how many Reform councillors actually stay and sing it after the first month or so.

No this is a sort of troll-like action. Do something which is intended to simply stir uo opposition and then use that to criticise your opponents. Don’t fall for it.

I reckon it's utter gollox to waste everyone's time with a prayer and the anthem. Unfortunately it antagonises the other council parties because they wish to be antagonised. So a futile waste of time and effort and I agree with your "troll like" sentiment..

But I'd like to take you up on a side matter - what I highlighted I would claim that the UK is historically of Judeo-Christian culture; atheists generally fit well into this because they respect the religions and adopt the culture.

Same cannot be said of the Islamists who are trying hard to mess with our culture.