I’m a Christian and I’ll be voting Labour

People are sick of 14 years of government scandal, says David Lammy MP. He believes only the Labour Party can deliver true change

As a Christian, and someone who has described themselves in the past as a Christian socialist, I’ve been thinking about the division and the rancour that has dominated our politics over the last few years. I’m thinking about certain politicians who are in the government who have pushed that division. I’m thinking of Boris Johnson partying, when others were making such sacrifices in the face of the pandemic. I’m thinking of the recklessness of Liz Truss with people’s home finances, and the mortgage bills that people have to pay.

For all of those reasons, I hope that people will vote for change. I hope they’ll vote for stability. And I hope they’ll vote for a politics which “treads lightly” on people’s lives. That’s how Keir Starmer describes it. And I think that chimes with those who have a Christian faith.