They are truely European now by getting rid of that Middle Eastern Religion. Congrats
> The census revealed a 5.5 million drop in the number of Christians and a 44% rise in the number of people following Islam. It is the first time in a census of England and Wales that less than half of the population have described themselves as “Christian”.
> Meanwhile, 37.2% of people – 22.2 million – declared they had “no religion”, the second most common response after Christian. It means that over the past 20 years the proportion of people reporting no religion has soared from 14.8%.
> […]
> Across the two countries, 81.7% of the population is now white, including non-British, down from 86% in 2011, 9.3% is Asian British, up from 7.5%, 2.5% is Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean-African and African, up from 1.8%, and 1.6% are other ethnicities.
> […]
> The places with the highest numbers of people saying they had “no religion” were Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent and Rhondda Cynon Taf, all in south Wales, and Brighton and Hove and Norwich in England. They were among 11 areas where more than half of the population are not religious, including Bristol, Hastings and Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, most of which had relatively low ethnic minority populations.
> The places with the lowest number of non-believers were Harrow, Redbridge and Slough, where close to two-thirds of the populations are from minority ethnic backgrounds.
Wonderful and amazing news. We need to continue to increase all areas of diversity in the UK, including religion. Christianity is stale, male and pale.
Good.
Nice job Blair, your dream country has come true
The real question here is: are italians white?
Welcome to the club!
How is it a minority when it’s still the commonest one? Census results were:
* Christian 46%
* No religion 37%
* Muslim 6%
* Not answered 6%
* Others 4%
The article seems to go out of it’s way to avoid stating the simple numbers in favour of a certain narrative.
Good stuff. A lot of Christians are relatively passive rather than religious too.
Soon they will be minority english speaking countries.
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They are truely European now by getting rid of that Middle Eastern Religion. Congrats
> The census revealed a 5.5 million drop in the number of Christians and a 44% rise in the number of people following Islam. It is the first time in a census of England and Wales that less than half of the population have described themselves as “Christian”.
> Meanwhile, 37.2% of people – 22.2 million – declared they had “no religion”, the second most common response after Christian. It means that over the past 20 years the proportion of people reporting no religion has soared from 14.8%.
> […]
> Across the two countries, 81.7% of the population is now white, including non-British, down from 86% in 2011, 9.3% is Asian British, up from 7.5%, 2.5% is Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean-African and African, up from 1.8%, and 1.6% are other ethnicities.
> […]
> The places with the highest numbers of people saying they had “no religion” were Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent and Rhondda Cynon Taf, all in south Wales, and Brighton and Hove and Norwich in England. They were among 11 areas where more than half of the population are not religious, including Bristol, Hastings and Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, most of which had relatively low ethnic minority populations.
> The places with the lowest number of non-believers were Harrow, Redbridge and Slough, where close to two-thirds of the populations are from minority ethnic backgrounds.
Wonderful and amazing news. We need to continue to increase all areas of diversity in the UK, including religion. Christianity is stale, male and pale.
Good.
Nice job Blair, your dream country has come true
The real question here is: are italians white?
Welcome to the club!
How is it a minority when it’s still the commonest one? Census results were:
* Christian 46%
* No religion 37%
* Muslim 6%
* Not answered 6%
* Others 4%
The article seems to go out of it’s way to avoid stating the simple numbers in favour of a certain narrative.
Good stuff. A lot of Christians are relatively passive rather than religious too.
Soon they will be minority english speaking countries.