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The Spectator presents The Edition: Lara Prendergast and William Moore host weekly conversations with writers and friends of the magazine. This week, for our Easter special: is politics becoming more religious? With Tom Holland and Jonathan Sumption. Watch | spectator.co.uk/the-edition/

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On the Edition's Easter special: is British politics becoming more religious? Tom Holland, Jonathan Sumption & Fergus Butler-Gallie discuss why faith is re-emerging as a political issue, if the growing appeal of Reform and the Greens is down to their 'moral energy' – and why a desire for tradition might be a reaction against an 'anaemic form of post-Christianity' than emerged after the 1960s 👇 @_F_B_G_ | @holland_tom youtube.com/watch?v=9s7xMm…

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