Monday, 29 September 2008

Gordon Brown's problems due to religion?

Many people within the English parliament are unhappy with the way things are going in England as of late, and this has led to increased pressure for the current British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Yet there is much debate over his stay in power within the parliament and as head of the Labor party in England. There is a “rebellion” ongoing at the moment within the Labor party calling for a change of leadership; things are turning ugly already as the situation is taking unfavorable twists and turns, with two MPs sacked from their positions and one resigning due to the power struggle. Yet there is a conspiracy theory behind all this. Some speculate that the real reason behind all this is not that Mr. Brown has not done the work demanded of him but that actually it could be his ethnicity thus being Scottish and religion being catholic. There is some speculation that religion actually plays a big role in someone’s carrier within the British parliament as for it has very strong ties with the church of England and to have a Catholic within the framework undermines the churches influence, yet looking back into history there have not been any Catholics in high positions of politics since the governing body of king Charles II, unless you count former prime minister Tony Blair who himself only converted to Catholicism after leaving his position as PM. So could this be a leading factor to Mr. Brown’s political fallout, or is this another conspiracy theory?

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