Darren Grimes, who believes that [[Christianity]] is central to the identity of Britain as a nation, said in November 2022 that it was "sad news" that Christians were now a minority in Britain; the Office of National Statistics in the UK showed that only 46.2% of Britons identified as Christian in 2021 against 59.3% in 2011.<ref>[https://twitter.com/darrengrimes_/status/1597530038081314817 Sad news: for the first time ever Christians are a minority in Britain]</ref> This statistic may be down to the increasingly atheistic culture of British education and mass, uncontrolled immigration from Muslim-majority countries. | Darren Grimes, who believes that [[Christianity]] is central to the identity of Britain as a nation, said in November 2022 that it was "sad news" that Christians were now a minority in Britain; the Office of National Statistics in the UK showed that only 46.2% of Britons identified as Christian in 2021 against 59.3% in 2011.<ref>[https://twitter.com/darrengrimes_/status/1597530038081314817 Sad news: for the first time ever Christians are a minority in Britain]</ref> This statistic may be down to the increasingly atheistic culture of British education and mass, uncontrolled immigration from Muslim-majority countries. |