Tuesday, April 25, 2006

New Nickname for Cornerstone MPs

It's well known that the right wing group of Tory MPs 'Cornerstone' rallies around the concepts of faith, family and flag. I'm told that this most Christian of political groupings has been given a new nickname - the 'Theo-cons'.

6 comments:

Guido Fawkes said...

Tombstone is best.

Anonymous said...

No, I like the term "Theo-Cons". It's perfectly self-descriptive.

Archbishop Cranmer said...

Theo-Cons is good.

Guido should have more respect for his fellow Papists. It's hard fighting battles for morality or respect for traditions.

ho theos agape estin

Archbishop Cranmer said...

Ms Worth,

I believe the role of people of faith is to affect the world for the better. Our Theo-Con friends claim no exclusive franchise for the Almighty, indeed, they are ecumenically minded and broad in their appeal. It is sad that their 'battles' are frequently couched by the media (or 'progressive' sites like this) in negative terms - like anti-gay marriage, or the 'Tory Taliban' - when (in reality) they are making a stand in support of marriage, in support of stable families, in support of tradition, in support of the foundations that many hold dear.

I would rather have a Parliament or Party where people argue about their deeply-held political and religious convictions, than one where there is a bland expression of superficial and politically-correct nothingness.

Matthew Sinclair said...

Isn't theo-con an old term used for people with their politics in the US? I know I hear it all the time in debates over there. Hardly seems like much of an invention if all someone's done is apply a term in common usage in the US to people with similar politics here. It would be like calling the Liberal Democrats liberals.

Archbishop Cranmer said...

Well, there's nothing new under the sun...