This is a response to Danny Krugers speech to parliament a few weeks back. Perhaps Im preaching to the choir here, but I think it’s worth saying. If you haven’t seen it perhaps go check it out first here
I want to talk about Kruger's speech to Parliament a few weeks back. His powerful rhetoric conjures up a romanticised vision of England’s past, but let’s be honest, it paints a dangerous and misleading picture of our present and future.
When you listen to his words, you hear this deep sense of national decline and moral panic. The thing is, his proposed solutions—like enforcing one faith and just tossing aside human rights—they’re not going to fix the country’s problems. In fact, they're the very things that would make them worse.
Let's start with this big claim he made. He said that Parliament has authorised "the killing of the elderly and disabled." That’s not just a rhetorical choice; it’s a total misrepresentation of a bill that actually offers compassion to the terminally ill. The "Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill" isn’t some license for a cull of the vulnerable. It's a carefully considered piece of legislation with really strong safeguards.
This bill is designed for mentally competent adults with a terminal illness and a prognosis of six months or less. The key word here is "choice." It's a bill that gives people the dignity to end their suffering on their own terms, free from coercion, with both medical and legal oversight. To frame this as a great sin is to completely ignore the profound pain and suffering many people face at the end of their lives. It's to deny them the very autonomy that’s a cornerstone of our modern society.
And here’s something even more alarming: Kruger's rhetoric goes from defending his own faith to actually calling for the active oppression of others. I mean, the most recent census shows the UK’s population is 46.2% Christian. That makes you wonder why he feels so oppressed. His suggestion that other religions, including Islam, paganism, and druidry, must be “pushed back to the fringes” and “banished from public life, schools and universities” is just… a chilling echo of a time we should have left behind.
As we’ve discussed on a previous episode, the Church of England's own history includes the brutal suppression of even other Christians, with the persecution of Catholics directly leading to events like the Gunpowder Plot.
The 'horrific' and violent abuse of more than 100 children and young men was also covered up within the Church of England for decades, according to the conclusion of a damning report released last year.
This is a stunning display of perceived victimhood from a member of the majority faith—a faith that is still the "chaplain to the nation"—against minority groups who are just trying to exist and worship freely. A healthy, confident faith doesn't need to destroy others to thrive; it can exist peacefully right alongside them. This call for religious cleansing, no matter how politely he says it, is a direct challenge to the very idea of a pluralistic, tolerant Britain.
When Kruger laments that a decline in Christianity is the cause of all the nation’s problems, it’s a super convenient deflection. It completely ignores the real, tangible failures that have led us to where we are: a political class that's often accused of corruption, a public health system in crisis, and an economy that leaves a lot of people feeling insecure.
And as an example of this political class, it's worth noting that Kruger, who is my former local MP, is a Member of Parliament who receives an annual salary of over £93,000. And like all MPs, he's claimed significant amounts in business costs, including rent for a London flat and other office expenses. Blaming the country's woes on "innocent people" who follow different spiritual paths is a disingenuous and cowardly move.
The truth is, society's morals—our collective understanding that we shouldn't steal, lie, or cheat—don't come from a monopoly of one religion. They’re the practical, shared rules of a functional society, developed over thousands of years to let people live together in peace, no matter what they believe.
Finally, let's talk about his most poetic and dangerous metaphor: “To worship human rights is to worship fairies.” Kruger meant this as a damning indictment, suggesting that our secular rights are imaginary. But we can flip that on its head. The “fairy rights” he dismisses are the very bedrock of our freedom.
The right to free speech, the right to worship as we choose (or not at all), and the right to bodily autonomy are not the product of a singular, state-enforced faith. They are the hard-won victories of people who fought to create a society where no single group could impose its will on everyone else. To abandon these "fairy rights" for a government that enforces a "common creed" would not be a return to some golden age. It would be a return to the dark ages of religious persecution, the end of our pluralistic society, and the beginning of a dictatorship of faith.