Leicester Mercury political correspondent
Mixing religion and politics
Pity the unlucky Jehovah’s Witnesses who took on a door-knocking campaign in an area of Leicester last weekend, which had been targeted by political campaigners just minutes earlier.
Many exasperated residents sighed as they were encouraged to have a Sunday morning discussion about God, just minutes after having their ears bent about the upcoming General Election by political hopefuls.
“Before you close the door,” one Witness asked, in a bid to turn the conversation topical, “if you had the choice of voting for Jesus at the next election, would he get your vote?”
The householder thought about it for a moment before replying: “It depends whether he’d raise VAT or not.”
