This is so stupid.

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      4 days ago

      True, but they got overwhelmed pretty quickly by all the other immigrants, willing and unwilling.

      The UK has seemingly just kept drifting into Puritanism. That and fascism, but who hasn’t been doing that lately? 🤷‍♂️

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        Labour’s roots are in Christian Socialism. Many of its founders were Methodists and other Dissenters. The party has always had a wide social-conservative, authoritarian streak.