Obviously, the below comment is dramatically paraphrased, the original being a masterpiece of word craft.
"Yay Miss Price! I thought you had already forgotten about us. I hope that you're all settling in well, send my regards to Mr G. Is the 9-5 getting to you yet?
Christianity does indeed have a great importance to the UK within the context of history, culture and politics. If there was a movement away from religion, even greater than what is seen currently, the vernacular surrounding holidays would be limited in change. Simply because Christianity has been the point around which the English language has developed for so long. However, it could also be argued that with the connectivity of the internet, language is becoming much more fluid. Already I have seen a very quick evolution of language in areas such as gender and sexuality, with new words and phrases being created and widely adopted everyday. There is no reason to suggest that this could not occur regarding religious language.
The fact of there being no codified constitution in the UK means that it is more reliant upon history and tradition than may be the norm in other countries. This has its benefits as technically it is easier to change, but the nature of tradition means that if we were to suddenly change everything then our political system as a whole would collapse. This suggests to me that changing the Christian-centric system in the UK would be unpopular due to tradition at a legal level (e.g. changing opening hours for retailers), but somewhat necessary if we are to consider ourselves a postmodern society."
On another note, you'll never guess who turned up in my Politics textbook? The one, the only, Fritjof Capra. I failed to suppress an audible groan of "Oh Jesus Christ, no.", and spent the next 5 minutes waxing lyrical about why he was total rubbish - much to the pleasure of both my politics teacher an class, as you can imagine. I can't believe that his total nonsense has wriggled its way onto two different exam boards and subjects. It was in relation to holism which, admittedly, he is relevant to, yet still I could not contain my dismay nor my rolling eyes.
