Yeah any trusted source that can preserve that trust right now and stay human has such an advantage.

Yep. It is also just the basic fascist playbook. You can't fire the people up with blood and soil nostalgia unless you are saying we are in decline overseen by a decadent elite whose society is collapsing around them while they bathe in pronouns or whatever. Londonistan is core to that.

There are two ways of saying that I think? One is defeatist shrug, which is not helpful. The other is a reminder that a return to status quo ante is not enough, which is fair.

Tommy Robinson carol service is really just the beginning of the CoE’s coming crisis, in which they’re going to have to figure out what to do about their former congregations becoming radicalised into a version of the faith that is aggressive, disavows empathy and has contempt for the weak