But he added that while politicians could speak freely about their faith in the United States, it was hard to do so in Britain because “you talk about it in our system and, frankly, people do think you’re a nutter.”

Certainly while i lived in Britain people in general were not interested in a politicians religious aleigances that were put on display, but more interested in what they were achieving as a politician, and any who did try and mix the two were generally frowned upon.